Working for us

Applications are invited for a full-time (10 PAs plus 10% R+R plus 1 additional programmed activity ) Consultant Psychiatrist.

At Mersey Care we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing, and delivering the best possible care for the people we serve. Quality, recovery and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do.

This posts has arisen in adult inpatients through retirement and service redesign, opening up an exciting opportunity to join an organisation with strong values and capable leadership, committed to all aspects of quality improvement.

Help us achieve our ambitious vision for the future, whilst living in the Liverpool City Region that offers an outstanding quality of life.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact recruitment on 0151 472 7557 to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy when we have received a minimum amount of applications. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

DBS Update Service

The Trust expects that all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (0151 676 1452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team are then able to prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to reducing discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.  We welcome applications from all sections of the community we serve and we particularly encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce.  We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.  Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.