Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist - Cluster 1
Posted 3 days ago by Totaljobs
£145,478 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: The Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist role within the Specialist Perinatal Service (SPS) in Cluster 1 focuses on the assessment and management of women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during the perinatal period. The position requires effective collaboration with various health services and leadership within a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care. The role involves both clinical and leadership responsibilities, including comprehensive psychiatric assessments and the development of treatment plans. The position is based in Manchester, Greater Manchester, and is part of a larger mental health service network.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide medical leadership for MDT meetings and the community team.
- Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and develop treatment plans for community patients.
- Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary reviews and multi-professional meetings.
- Act as the Responsible Clinician under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and maintain Responsible Clinician status.
- Perform comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in the Trust’s risk management processes.
- Maintain effective communication and work cooperatively with other service parts, including community teams and primary care.
- Liaise with families and carers.
- Lead clinical decision-making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care delivery.
- Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards.
- Engage with service transformation programmes and develop clinical pathways.
Key Skills:
- Experience in perinatal mental health care.
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
- Ability to conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and risk management processes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Commitment to high-quality patient care and service improvement.
Salary (Rate): £145,478 yearly
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The Specialist Perinatal Service (SPS) in Cluster 1 is responsible for the assessment and management of women with moderate to severe mental illness in the perinatal period, preconception counselling and obstetric liaison with maternity services. The maternity services for Cluster 1 are based at Manchester St Mary’s, Wythenshawe Hospital and Stepping Hill Hospital
We are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals with a passion for delivering high quality perinatal mental health care. Effective and cooperative working with allied teams and agencies is essential, including the maternity services, health visiting services, infant-parent services, social services, secondary care mental health services and IAPT services
The team consists of:
- 2 x Substantive Consultant Psychiatrists with this being the third post
- 1 x Specialty Doctor (0.8 WTE)
- 1 x Higher Trainee
- 1 x Team Manager
- Community Psychiatric Nurses
- OT
- Social Worker
- Community Nursery Nurses
- Psychologists
- Medical Secretaries
- Team Administrators
Clinical role
Provide medical leadership for MDT meetings and medical leadership to the community team
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessment and develop treatment plans for community patients
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary 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 with the code of practice
Renew and maintain Responsible Clinician status according to agreed procedures
Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes
Maintain a high level of effective communication and work flexibly and cooperatively with other parts of the service including other community teams, inpatient units, community mental health teams, maternity services and primary care
Liaise with families and carers
Leadership role
Lead clinical decision making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high-quality care
Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards including Perinatal Quality Network (PQN) Standards
Engage with service transformation programmes including attendance at consultant meetings for the service and directorate
Develop clinical pathways
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
For more details about this role and the responsibilities please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification.