Locum Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry - Ceredigion

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Aberystwyth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious health board in West Wales seeks a Locum Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry to enhance community mental health services. The role involves comprehensive client assessments and leadership in an in-patient unit, offering opportunities for teaching and research. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in Old Age Psychiatry with full GMC registration.

Qualifications

• Broad based experience in Old Age Psychiatry is essential.
• Knowledge of UK hospital systems and Care Home Inreach.
• Membership of the British Geriatrics Society is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment and management within Community Mental Health Team.
• Direct care for admitted clients to psychiatric in-patient unit.
• Participate in undergraduate teaching and research activities.

Skills

Assessment

Management of Mental Health Disorders

Clinical Audit Participation

Teaching

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Locum Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

Location: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

The Older Adults Mental Health Service Consultant role provides an opportunity to live and work in West Wales as part of a caring and committed team delivering high quality services to our later life population. As an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be able to work across the pathway of primary, community and specialist secondary care maintaining that all important continuity.

We welcome and support colleagues to develop their areas of special interest be that clinical, academic, research or managerial in nature and we have a very strong record of consultant retention.

Main duties of the job

This is a sector-based pathway service, such that the role encompasses: the assessment at the initial referral stage (whether in the patient's home, care home, or in clinic) the MDT based formulation of risk and treatment plans the ongoing management of episodes of later life mental ill health and, where appropriate, the admission to the older adults mental health ward that you will clinically lead.

Knowledge and experience of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act are essential the Mental Health (Wales) Measure will form a crucial part of your work and, if unfamiliar, you will be expected to become competent in its application.

Section 12 MHA and Approved Clinician status are expected.

The service sees, assesses and manages functional and organic disorders in later life and, working well and closely with our colleagues in General Adult services, has a pragmatic approach to transitions & boundaries.

Patients known to you and your service, if admitted to General Hospital, will remain under your team's care but you will enjoy support and close working relations with your local MH liaison service.

We are proud of our culture of mutual respect and cooperation across service and specialty boundaries.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty and school. They will take direction in these activities via the appropriate academic lead. The agreement to define the Honorary Academic responsibilities and associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be negotiated jointly between the post holder, the university and the Health Board. It will form part of the successful candidates job plan. The award of the Honorary Academic contract will be dependent upon a formal application being submitted to the university in accordance with the Honorary Appointments procedures and will be available on a fixed term basis subject to satisfactory performance in the academic activity undertaken.

This is an established Consultant post in Older Adults Mental Health, working to a geographical sector model. You will be responsible for the assessment and management of clients referred to your Community Mental Health Team. For those clients you admit to your older persons psychiatric in-patient unit, you will direct their care and fulfil the Responsible Clinician role. You will not be responsible for routine dementia diagnosis services in your area as the memory assessment service is a separate established service. You will join a collegiate group of Consultants, who have a strong and supportive relationship with the service management, and we will work together to deliver the best services.

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.

Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Approved under Section 12(2) MHA 1983
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
• On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT due within 6 months of interview date
• Or Portfolio Pathway (CESR) or equivalent European Qualifications for Specialist Registration
• To hold Approved Clinician status at the point of taking up the post
• MRCPsych or FRCPsych or other

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Broad based experience in Old Age Psychiatry
• Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of Care Home In reach
• Knowledge of Old Age Psychiatric Liaison
• Knowledge and participation in CPD

Desirable

• Experience of NHS
• Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
• Membership of the British Geriatrics Society
• Additional clinical qualification(s)

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and quality improvement project work and understanding their role in improving medical practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of risk management

Research

Essential

• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes

Desirable

• Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
• Research degree

Teaching

Essential

• Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors

Desirable

• Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
• Training the Trainers experience

Management

Essential

• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS

Desirable

• Evidence of management training

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