Adult Psychiatry Specialty Doctor

Client Name: Mersey Care NHS Trust

Role: Old Age Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor

Location:Leigh Moss

• Over 5,000 new job requests received every week. Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
• Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
• Competitive pay rates
• Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
• A dedicated point of contact
• Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
• Lucrative referral scheme
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
• Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.

This much-anticipated opportunity within Mersey Care NHS Trust promises to provide the right candidate with unrivalled career development opportunities and support for clinical, holistic, and therapeutic practice, academia, and research.

As an Old Age Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatric services for older patients or those with similar needs at [Insert Hospital name(s)]. Here you have extensive scope to provide specialised and holistic assessment, treatment, and continuing care for older patients with dementia, memory problems, depression and a spectrum of psychiatric illnesses including delirium, schizophrenia, and personality disorders.

Working flexible shifts at Mersey Care NHS Trust Agile, you will enjoy close working relationships with the entire mental health team. Together you will seek to establish a common understanding of the various problems patients are experiencing, set strategic management plans and utilise your exceptional therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to management or recovery.

The Mersey Care NHS Trust Agile takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously, emphasising excellence across the domains that matter the most to the wellbeing of older patients. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism.

A business with a future

Old age psychiatry is a complex and varied speciality that can make a real difference for even the most severely challenged elderly patients. With Mersey Care NHS Trust Agile you will be playing a significant role in meeting the needs of this specialised field of medicine while ensuring continued quality of life for vulnerable, elderly patients.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as an Old Age Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor, you will have:

• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
• Excellent timekeeping
• A pro-active approach to research and academia
• Empathy and understanding
• A flexible attitude
• A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
• Active listening skills

A business with a future

If you are ready to take up a consultancy position in a hospital that prides itself on the opportunities provided to staff and the care provided to patients, apply today and enjoy access to hundreds of shifts, a dedicated Placement Officer and revalidation support.