Consultant Psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Inpatients

NHS; Treorchy; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Treorchy is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist specializing in rehabilitation inpatient care. The successful candidate will oversee a multidisciplinary team and manage clinical psychiatric care for patients. Required qualifications include GMC registration, M.R.C. Psych. or equivalent, and relevant experience in psychiatry. This role offers opportunities for leadership and professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous leave

Flexible work

Career growth opportunities

Access to ongoing learning and development

Qualifications

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
• Experience of acting as Responsible Clinician.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical psychiatric rehabilitation expertise and leadership.
• Supervise the specialty doctor, core trainee, and Specialty Training Registrar.
• Contribute to the management of the service.
• Liaise effectively with team members and external agencies.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.

Skills

Clinical psychiatric rehabilitation

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Medical liaison

Supervision

Education

Full GMC Registration

M.R.C. Psych. or equivalent

S.12(2) approval

Approved Clinician approval

Welsh Approved Clinician approval

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist – Rehabilitation Inpatients

The closing date is 16 December 2025

The post holder will be managerially responsible to Dr Arif Alam, Clinical Director, Mental Health, and professionally responsible to Dr Dom Hurford, Medical Director. The post holder will work closely with senior medical colleagues in both District General Hospitals and in Mental Health as appropriate and will liaise with other senior clinicians within and beyond the UHB as and when necessary.

The post will be based at Treorchy Rhondda. The Community Rehabilitation Unit is based in Treorchy and the Inpatient Unit at RGH. The post holder will be expected to work at other Health Board premises and at other sites within the district as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to:

• provide clinical psychiatric rehabilitation expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation team;
• provide specialist assessment and clinical management of patients aged 18 and over with mental health problems under inpatients;
• provide medical liaison and advice regarding patients to local consultants and GPs as necessary;
• provide supervision for the speciality doctor and core trainee, and to a Specialty Training Registrar if the post holder is approved as an Educational Supervisor and if an ST is allocated to the team.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve;
• We treat everyone with respect;
• We work together as one team.

CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities

• liaise effectively with members of the team, other services within the Health Board, general practitioners and other agencies;
• contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed;
• play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff;
• maintain professional knowledge base and competency by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD) and to take part in the Wales Revalidation Process which includes annual appraisals for the purposes of revalidation;
• arrange cross cover with the other rehabilitation and sector consultants;
• 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.

Person Specification – Qualifications and Eligibility

• Full GMC Registration;
• M.R.C. Psych. or equivalent;
• On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within six months of gaining CCT;
• S.12(2) approval;
• Approved Clinician approval;
• Welsh Approved Clinician approval.

Knowledge and Experience

• Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry;
• Experience of acting as 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 administrative experience;
• Ability to supervise staff effectively;
• Experience of appraising staff;
• Evidence of formal management training;
• Evidence of service development.

Teaching and Personal qualities

• Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching;
• Evidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching;
• Evidence of clinical leadership;
• Proven commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working;
• Capacity to work under pressure and respond flexibly to varying demands;
• Experience of teaching medical students.

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.