Consultant Psychiatrist – Walton CMHT
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool, L11 5BS
Salary
£109,725 to £145,478
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join Walton CMHT based at Norris Green Hub, Falklands Approach, L11. The vacancy has arisen as a res...
Undertaking referrals from inpatient services, A&E and the access team.
Clinical reviews
Supervise new to service assessments as required
Undertake very complex/high risk new to service assessments
Manage team caseload.
Appraisal and job planning
Trust commitment to implementation of annual consultant appraisal, outlined in the NHS Executive Advance Letters (MD) 6/00 and (MD) 5/01.
Trust process, including linkage to job planning.
Trust processes to support appraisal, links to revalidation; named Responsible Officer.
Details of any Consultant Induction Programme and mentoring scheme / arrangements.
Teaching and training
Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achieve these.
Trust-wide teaching.
Teaching arrangements in locality/team.
Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching.
Participation in the training of other disciplines.
Providing educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines.
Taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits.
DME is Dr Indira Vinjamuri
Research
Synopsis of R&D department; trust research strategy, link with clinical research networks and university as applicable.
Support facilities.
Specific research and development responsibilities expected of the post holder.
Mental Health Act and Responsible Clinician approval
The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Training duties
Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching.
Participation in the training of other disciplines.
Providing educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines.
Taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits.
Clinical governance and quality assurance
Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards.
Participation in clinical audit and other local assurance processes.
Participation in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.
Quality improvement
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Transport
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty of General Adult Psychiatry.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
- Ability to work constructively in and to lead a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Participated in continuous professional development.
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
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First seen
12 August 2026
Last checked
14 August 2026
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