Consultant Adult Psychiatrist

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Wales is seeking a Consultant to join their mental health team in Merthyr Tydfil. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, manage a caseload of patients, and support local GPs with psychiatric advice. This is a permanent, full-time role offering a competitive salary and the opportunity to work within a diverse and dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
• Higher training experience in psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise to a multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Manage a small caseload of patients, ensuring appropriate clinical responsibilities.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Leadership

Communication

Education

Current GMC registration

MRC Psych or equivalent

Approved Clinician Approval

Section 12 (2) approval

Job description

Job summary

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.

Details Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£110,240 to £160,951 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-MD322-0625

Job locations

Keir Hardie Health Park

Cyfartha Retail Park

Merthyr Tydfil

CF481BZ

Job description 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.

Job description 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 Essential

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

Desirable

• oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
• Relevant clinical qualification
• Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience Essential

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry
• Higher training experience in psychiatry.

Desirable

• oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and research Essential

• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
• Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality
• Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.

Desirable

• Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
• Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality.

Management Essential

• Management and Administration Experience

Desirable

• Experience of Appraising Staff
• oEvidence of service development.

Person Specification Qualifications and eligibility Essential

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

Desirable

• oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
• Relevant clinical qualification
• Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience Essential

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry
• Higher training experience in psychiatry.

Desirable

• oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and research Essential

• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
• Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality
• Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.

Desirable

• Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
• Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality.

Management Essential

• Management and Administration Experience

Desirable

• 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Keir Hardie Health Park

Cyfartha Retail Park

Merthyr Tydfil

CF481BZ

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Keir Hardie Health Park

Cyfartha Retail Park

Merthyr Tydfil

CF481BZ

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)