Consultant Psychiatrist for Blaenau Gwent

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Ebbw Vale; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Ebbw Vale is seeking a Consultant to provide senior medical input into community care and inpatient services. The role involves conducting outpatient clinics, leading services for adults, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. A GMC registration is required along with experience in Acute and community care. The position offers a supportive work environment and various opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible working hours

Occupational health support

Qualifications

• Must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
• Candidates for Consultant posts must be on the GMC Specialist Register or have a CCT/CESR(CP) date within 6 months of interview.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical input into community care and inpatient services.
• Lead in providing services to adults of working age.
• Conduct outpatient clinics and home visits.
• Run weekly ward rounds and undertake inpatient reviews.
• Foster relationships with community team members and partner organisations.
• Provide acute services to the inpatient unit.

Skills

Community care expertise

Integrated team collaboration

Acute service provision

Education

GMC full registration and licence to practice

GMC Specialist Register or CESR

Job description

Overview

A 10-session post providing senior medical input into community care and inpatient services for a defined population in Blaenau Gwent. The post holder will join a forward thinking, compassionate and proactive Community Mental Health Team and inpatient service who have recently received a very positive outcome following a visit from Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW). The role also provides an acute service into the inpatient unit and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) serving the area. There are strong links between the multidisciplinary/multi-agency team, GPs and voluntary agencies. The post holder will take lead in providing a service to adults of working age within the North Blaenau Gwent borough catchment area and will conduct outpatient clinics at Cwm Coch, Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, and within the community/home visits including CTP reviews and 117 review meetings. They will also run a weekly ward round and undertake other required reviews for inpatients under their care for Carn y Cefn ward. As an integrated team member, they will foster close working relationships with other members of the community team and with partner organisations.

Alternatively, contact for further information can be made with Dr Hayder Al-Hassani, Joint Clinical Director and/or Dr Gemma O\'Brien, Joint Clinical Director.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical input into community care and inpatient services for a defined population in Blaenau Gwent.
• Lead in providing a service to adults of working age within the North Blaenau Gwent borough catchment area.
• Conduct outpatient clinics at Cwm Coch (district general hospital), Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan and in the community/home visits, including CTP reviews and 117 review meetings.
• Run a weekly ward round and undertake other required reviews for inpatients under care for Carn y Cefn ward.
• Foster close working relationships with other members of the community team and partner organisations.
• Provide an acute service into the inpatient unit and the CRHTT service.
• Engage as an integrated team member with multidisciplinary and multi-agency collaboration.

Regulatory and Qualifications

• This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012).
• Checks undertaken following any conditional offer: Enhanced check with barred list information, including adults and children's barred list checks.
• Applicants must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
• Candidates for Consultant posts must 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.

Organisation and Benefits

• Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring and offers opportunities to start, grow and build your career.
• Provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
• Offers a comprehensive benefits package, extensive training and development opportunities, paid mandatory training, in-house programmes, and professional career pathways including management development programs.
• Supports flexible working, healthy work-life balance, occupational health support, and a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence.
• Strategic direction via Clinical Futures to care closer to home and high-quality hospital care when needed, including Grange University Hospital.

Additional Information

The vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via internal redeployment. This post is a replacement into an existing Consultant complement.

We encourage early applications and will contact shortlisted candidates via the email account used to apply. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email registered on the application form.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applications to be submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those in English. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments to participate in the application and selection process. For documents in larger font or different formats (such as braille), contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team at 01495 745805 option 3 or email [email protected].

Contact and Recruitment Process

If you are successful at interview, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time; early applications are encouraged. If shortlisted, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply. Please check your email account regularly for recruitment-related correspondence.