This is a new post that has come about as a result of service development in keeping with the Core24 requirement.
As a Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry the postholder will join a team of Consultants providing comprehensive acute mental health services to Coventry & Warwickshire localities; participate in providing postgraduate training to the Coventry and Warwickshire Junior Doctor Training Scheme and undergraduate education for medical students from Warwick Medical School. You will require leadership and team building skills as well as clinical experience and educational ability.
The post holder will work 5 days a week, 40 hours per week, although this may be negotiated in accordance with the Trust's flexible working policy.
The post holder will work with a dedicated mental health liaison team based at University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW). The service accepts referrals of patients of all ages over 17. Although the Consultant will be based in Coventry, there will be an expectation that the consultant will work flexibly across acute sites.
Objectives of the service are to provide effective liaison between service providers in the Mental Health Trust and the Acute Hospital Trusts. The team will provide effective liaison between the Mental Health services and emergency departments, acute inpatient wards and elderly care wards and provide medical leadership and clinical supervision for the Liaison Team.
For further details of the post please consult the attached job description and person specification