Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a substantive consultant psychiatrist to join the Mental Health Liaison Team based at Salford Royal Hospital.

This is for an existing post, the successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team operating a CORE 24 service. 

This post is an exciting opportunity to be involved in shaping and modernising mental health services in Greater Manchester.

The Liaison Service receives referrals from Salford Royal Hospital wards and emergency department. The service accepts referrals of patients of all ages, but the team’s consultants only sees patient over 16 years old. 

The service has a ‘can do’ attitude and aims to work in a flexible manner and be as helpful as possible. Objectives of the service are to provide high quality assessments and effective liaison between service providers in the Mental Health Trust and the Acute Hospital Trust.

The service offers comprehensive psychiatric assessment, and further management if required whilst the patient remains an in-patient in Salford Royal Hospital. 

The team provides effective liaison between the services which include Later Life Services, Acute Adult Psychiatry in-patients, Community Mental Health teams, Home Treatment Service, Emergency Services at Salford Royal, Acute in-patient wards, and elderly care wards. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside the existing consultant liaison psychiatrist. The post holder will be expected to predominantly assess and manage adult of working age (AOWA) people admitted to Salford Royal, and emergency assessments in the emergency department and also provide the consultant input for the intermediate care unit.

 There are 2 other substantive Liaison Consultant Psychiatrists within the team. One of them predominantly works with older age (OA) adults in the most acute areas of the hospital. The other is dual trained and works across both AOWA and OA. They share responsibility for the complex working age patients on the main medical and surgical wards.

The post holder will also be expected to cross cover for the other liaison colleagues, especially for annual leave exceptional circumstances. The division of referrals of Salford Royal in-patients will be dependent on who is available to respond within commissioned expected response times.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 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.