Consultant Psychiatrist - Inpatients

NHS; Llantrisant; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for inpatient roles. The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise, take part in on-call duties, and oversee mental health responsibilities. Applicants with GMC registration and MRC Psych qualifications are encouraged to apply, regardless of language proficiency.

Qualifications

• Current GMC registration required.
• MRC Psych or equivalent mandatory.
• Experience in psychiatry and approved clinician status.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and leadership.
• Take part in the consultant on-call rota.
• Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health Act.

Skills

Management and Administration

Clinical Governance

Teaching Skills

Education

MRC Psych or equivalent

Current GMC registration

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Consultant Psychiatrist - Inpatients

The closing date is 03 July 2025

Provide clinical expertise and leadership

A full job description and Person Specification is attached

Please note this Job Description 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.

Detailed information will be found on the Job Description and Person specification attached.

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

To obtain full details, the information will be found on the Job Description and Person specification attached.

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
• Evidence of Service Development

Teaching

• Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
• Evidence of Teaching Medical Students

Personal Attributes

• proven commitment to team approach and Multi Disciplinary Working
• Capacity to work under pressure and respond flexibly to varying demands

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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