Clinical Lead in Adult Community Psychiatry

5 days ago


Bridgend, Bridgend county borough, United Kingdom Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Full time

Bridgend Mental Health Services is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the General Adult Psychiatry team.

This specialty doctor post is part of the established Unscheduled Care team providing psychiatric care to hospital inpatients.

The postholder's responsibilities include provision of clinical input into mental health services for working age adults in inpatient settings in the Bridgend County Borough area, under the direction of Consultant, Dr Paul Emmerson.

The post works across adult inpatient wards including adult acute and psychiatric intensive care, and includes the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of illness.

There will be the opportunity to work alongside a range of local mental health services across Bridgend, including our Community Mental Health Team, which provides services to patients with primary and secondary mental health needs under the Mental Health Act Measure, CDAT, and unscheduled care.

In addition, patients in Bridgend benefit from accessing health board-wide specialist services such as Perinatal Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Early Intervention for Psychosis, and Rehabilitation Services.

The post holder will work closely with the Home Treatment team who can help facilitate appropriate earlier discharge from the inpatient setting to continue recovery and care at home.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Management of patients with mental health needs in inpatient settings in the Bridgend Locality, under the direction of the inpatient Consultant.
  • Support the Consultant and assume responsibility for the medical management of the ward in his/her absence, with support from established community and inpatient Consultants.
  • Liaise and communicate effectively with members of the team, other teams and services within the Directorate, other Hospital departments, and with external agencies (including but not restricted to General Practitioners, Social Services, Police, and probation service) by whatever means possible.
  • Subject to S12(2) approval, implementation of the Mental Health Act and associated duties.
  • Liaising and collaboration with colleagues from other specialties and organisations when dealing with a wide range of needs - e.g. palliative care team, medical and surgical specialties, Liaison psychiatric team, Local Authority partners, and the third sector.
  • Provide appropriate day-to-day supervision of Junior medical staff with Consultant support.


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