Consultant Adult Psychiatrist

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardConsultant Adult PsychiatristThe closing date is 03 July 2025The post holder will be required to liaise with other senior clinicians as and when necessary.The post holder will be expected toProvide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary community mental health team.Provide specialist assessment and clinical management of patients aged 18 and over with mental health problems referred from within the locality.Full details on Attached JD and Person specification. Please note this JD is Pending Royal College Approval.Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.Main duties of the jobTake part in the consultant on-call rota within the Mental Health Directorate.Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health Act as a s.12 approved doctor and as an Approved Clinician.Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010.The post holder will be responsible for organising their professional day and for ensuring that they can be contacted at all times during working hours.About usCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.We live by our core values:We listen, learn and improveWe treat everyone with respectWe all work together as one teamWe are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.Job responsibilitiesManage a small caseload of stable and complex patients as Care Coordinator as defined by the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 and to undertake the appropriate clinical and statutory responsibilities of this role.Provide medical liaison and advice to the Primary Mental Health Support Service and local GPs on a sessional basis.Provide supervision for the speciality doctor and core trainee, and to a Specialist Registrar if the post holder is approved as trainer and an SpR is allocated to the team.Liaise effectively with members of the team, other services within the Health Board, general practitioners and other agencies.Person SpecificationQualifications and eligibilityCurrent GMC registrationMRC Psych or equivalentApproved Clinician ApprovalSection 12 (2) approvalWelsh approved Clinician ApprovalKnowledge and ExperienceComprehensive training and experience in psychiatryHigher training experience in psychiatry.oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible ClinicianAudit and researchUnderstanding of clinical risk management and clinical governanceEvidence of having undertaken audit relevant to specialityProven capability to initiate and undertake original work.Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practiceEvidence of original and relevant research in speciality.ManagementManagement and Administration ExperienceExperience of Appraising StaffoEvidence of service development.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board #J-18808-Ljbffr