Consultant Psychiatrist

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

About
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the operational name of Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board. The Health Board was established on the 1st October 2009 and covers the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys.

As an Employer, we are adaptable, agile and flexible and can offer variations to working practices in line with our Agile Hybrid Framework and Home Working Policy. The Health Board employs over 13,000 staff, two thirds of whom are involved in direct patient care. There are more than 250 consultants in a total of over 1000 hospital and general practice doctors, 6,000 nurses, midwives, allied professionals and community workers. The Health Board is led by the Chairman, non-executive directors, the Chief Executive and other executive directors. The Board is supported by the Senior Management Team.

Key details

Location:

• Site: Rholben Villa, Maindiff Court Hospital
• Address: Ross Road, Abergavenny
• Postcode: NP7 8NF
• Major / Minor Region: Newport

Contract type & working pattern

• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Salary

• Salary: £106,000 - £154,760 Per Annum
• Salary period: Yearly
• Grade: (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)

Specialty

• Main area: Adult Mental Health
• Interview date: 25/03/2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Job Overview
The post advertised has become available as a replacement into an existing consultant complement. This is a 10-session post, providing senior medical input into community care and inpatient services for a defined population in North Monmouthshire. The post holder will be supported by secretarial and administrative staff and will have use of appropriate office space and Information Technology resources. You will also be supported by a Full Time Specialty Doctor.

The post holder will join a forward thinking, compassionate and proactive Community Mental Health Team (North Monmouthshire CMHT) who have been nominated for a number of NHS and community awards. The role will also require providing an acute service into the inpatient unit and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) serving the area. There are strong links between the members of the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team, GPs and voluntary agencies. The appointed consultant will need to be Section 12 approved and be able to assess for DoLs when needed.

Specific Responsibilities
The post holder will be a senior member of the North Monmouthshire Mental Health Community Team, the Talygarn inpatient ward and the acute service covering the area. They will positively respond to requests from Team Members who need advice in the day-to-day management of adult patients in any setting within the borough and contribute to the development of adult mental health services in the borough.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

1. To ensure the provision of a high-quality clinical service
2. To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
3. To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
4. To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies
5. To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division's and Health Board's service plans
6. To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division or the Health Board

Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification in the attached documents.

Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites.

This Position involves Regulated Activity with Adults As Defined By The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended By The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012) and The Following Checks Will Be Undertaken following Any Conditional Offer

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including - an adults barred list check

Applicants must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.

Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT/CESR(CP)? date within 6 months of interview.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or a Skilled Worker visa unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting . If you are eligible for the HealthWork in the UK and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Applicant requirements

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
• Welsh language skills are desirable.

Person specification
Qualifications
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• As per person specification

Desirable criteria

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Clinical Governance
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Clinical Experience
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Research
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Teaching
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Management
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Other Requirements
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• As per person specification

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• As per person specification

Documents

• Job Description and Person Specification (, 430.6)PDFKB
• Occupational Health Functional Requirements Form (, 728.5)PDFKB
• Information on Aneurin Bevan University Health Board for Medical and Dental Applicants (, 899.6)PDFKB
• Values & Behaviour Framework (, 700.7)PDFKB
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (, 696.3)PDFKB
• Flexible Working Options (, 328.2)PDFKB
• Agile Hybrid Working Framework (, 8.6)PDFMB
• Home Working Policy and Guidance (, 380.6)PDFKB
• Guidance Notes for Applicants April 2024 (, 278.7)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

• Name: Dr Hayder Al-Hassani
• Job title: Joint Clinical Director
• Email address: [email protected]
• Telephone number: 01873 735567