Adult Psychiatry Consultant

TN United Kingdom; Rhyl; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health board in Wales is seeking an experienced Consultant Adult Psychiatrist. You will play a crucial role in providing psychiatry services, forming treatment plans, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. This position offers flexible shifts and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Free CPD courses

Revalidation support

24/7 service availability

Qualifications

• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Carry out new referral assessments and deliver therapy.
• Formulate care and treatment plans.
• Communicate clinical information to patients and families.

Skills

Quick thinking

Patience

Attention to detail

Empathy

Education

MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)

Job description

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Client Name:Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Role: Adult Psychiatry Consultant

Rates: Hourly

Location: Denbigshire Community Mental Health

• Over 5,000 new job requests received every week.
• Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
• Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
• Competitive pay rates
• Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
• A dedicated point of contact
• Free CPD courses
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
• Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and well-being and enable you to deliver outstanding care.

As a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatry services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Here you have extensive opportunities to develop good collaborative therapeutic alliances with patients and patient's families while being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors.

Working flexible shifts at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow health care professionals. Together you will seek to establish a common understanding of the problems the patient is experiencing, taking a lead role in establishing the strategic management plan for a patient, utilising your therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to recovery.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously with an emphasis on ensuring excellence across the domains which matter the most to the well-being of patients. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.

Psychiatry is a complex and varied speciality that focuses on clinical leadership, responsibility, accountability, and the ability to manage complexity for the most severely challenged patients. With Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, you will be playing a significant role in meeting the needs of this specialised field of medicine.

In addition to your qualifications, as an Adult Psychiatry Consultant, you will have:

• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
• A pro-active approach to research and academia
• Empathy and understanding
• A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As an Adult Psychiatry Consultant you will:

• Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or to follow up patients for medication reviews.
• Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
• Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
• Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
• Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other multidisciplinary team members.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

• MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

So, if you are an experienced Consultant with the determination to ensure the highest standards of care are provided to all, apply today and be a part of the outstanding team at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.