Consultant Adult Psychiatrist

Integrated Care System; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health board is seeking a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist to join their mental health team. The role involves providing expert clinical management and support to patients aged 18 and over, alongside responsibilities under the Mental Health Act. Candidates should possess GMC registration and relevant psychiatric qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experience in psychiatry with comprehensive training.
• Approved as an s.12 (2) doctor.
• Evidence of previous audits or research in the specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and leadership to a multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Manage a small caseload of stable and complex patients.
• Liaise with GPs and provide medical advice.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Leadership

Effective communication

Education

Current GMC registration

MRC Psych or equivalent

Approved Clinician Approval

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Consultant Adult Psychiatrist

The closing date is 24 July 2025

The post holder will be required to liaise with other senior clinicians as and when necessary.

The post holder will be expected to

Provide 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 job

Take 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 us

Cwm 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 improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We 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 responsibilities

Manage 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 Specification

Qualifications and eligibility

• Current GMC registration
• MRC Psych or equivalent
• Approved Clinician Approval
• Section 12 (2) approval
• Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry
• Higher training experience in psychiatry.
• oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and research

• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
• Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality
• Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
• Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
• Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality.

Management

• Management and Administration Experience
• Experience of Appraising Staff
• oEvidence of service development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

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