Consultant Psychiatrist in Mental health Intensive Support Team Wirral

Job overview

Join an award- winning, recovery-focused community mental health rehabilitation team and help shape an outstanding community rehabilitation care.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Mental Health Intensive Support Team (MhIST) in Wirral. This is an exciting new post within a highly regarded specialist service that supports people with complex mental health needs to live safely and meaningfully in the least restrictive environment.

MhIST is an innovative, recovery-focused multidisciplinary team with a strong national reputation for delivering high-quality, person-centred care. The service works creatively and collaboratively with individuals who are at risk of long inpatient stays or delayed discharge, helping them build stability, independence and community connection.

This post offers the chance to provide expert clinical leadership, work alongside a skilled and supportive MDT, and play a key role in the ongoing development of an ambitious and values-led service. The Trust also offers excellent support for CPD, teaching, leadership development and service innovation, making this an attractive opportunity for consultants looking to make a genuine difference in a progressive organisation.

If you are looking for a rewarding consultant role where you can lead, influence with compassion and excellence, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical leadership and high-quality assessment and treatment to patients in the least restrictive environment.

The consultant will participate in the Wirral Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota.

• To help people to achieve and maintain stability of their mental health and to gain (or regain) the skills and confidence for successful community living.
• To meet people’s clinical needs by providing specialist rehabilitation interventions
• To reduce the need for hospital admissions and increasing stability in the lives of service users and their carers/family
• To improve people’s social and everyday functioning and autonomy by enabling self-management skills
• To adopt a recovery-based approach that instils hope and empowers people
• To enable people to access the community assets that can enhance their social networks and social inclusion
• To facilitate people to progress along the rehabilitation care pathway, from higher to lower supported settings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!