Consultant Psychiatrist - Crosby CMHT

Clinical: Consultant psychiatrist responsible for providing clinical leadership for Crosby CMHT. Support CMHT staff to manage psychiatric emergencies. Conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings. Be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983(amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance to the code of practice. Renew and maintain Responsible Clinician status according to agreed procedures. Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trusts risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings. Maintain a high level of effective communication and work flexibly and cooperatively with other parts of the service including; wards and inpatient units, community mental health teams, Liaison services and primary care. Liaison with families / carers. Liaison with aspects of the Criminal
Justice System regarding patients and providing expert reports. Governance SPA time will allow contribution to the management and audit of the service. Attend the twice monthly consultant /management meetings Regular stakeholder meetings. Partnership Forums involving service user representatives and advocacy Involvement with critical incident / serious untoward incident reporting and Response. Protocol development. Training Direct supervision of junior medical staff Role in in-house MDT training / education sessions Education of other services / professions with relation to CMHT (including all stakeholders). Participation in Clinical Audit essential, and clinical research where appropriate. Please see job description for further details.