Speciality Doctor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interventions Team

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is inviting an enthusiastic Psychiatrist to join the Child and Adolescent Interventions Team on a 0.5 WTE, 5 sessions per week post at St David's Hospital in Cardiff.

You will provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management, contribute to formulation and diagnosis, and support families with care planning within a multidisciplinary team. Training and supervision are available, with no out-of-hours duties.

Qualifications

• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working.
• Excellent written and spoken English for medical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out psychiatric assessment and management.
• Involve in prescription rota and MDT collaboration.
• Provide teaching to medical students and staff.
• No out of hours duties.
• Support care planning and family involvement.

Skills

Team working

English communication

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Section 12 MHA eligibility

Four years’ postgraduate training

Job description

Speciality Doctor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interventions Team

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Main area CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent: 5 sessions Hours Part time - 5 sessions per week (Monday, Tuesday am, Wednesday) Job ref 001-MP158.26

Site St David's Hospital, St David’s Children’s Centre, EWMH Clinic Town Cardiff Salary £64,292 - £102,689 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together

Job overview

The Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Care Group is driving forward the transformational agenda for CAMH services in Wales with the development of existing services in line with the new Mental Health strategy and stepped care model.

Our new colleague will be an enthusiastic and committed psychiatrist with an interest in service development and with a strong desire to help service users and families.

Working alongside the teams, you will provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management to contribute to formulation and diagnosis, and the delivery of care.

As a psychiatrist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and supporting families with care planning.

Care co-ordination, consultation, supervision and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team will be key aspects of the role, as well as partnership working with health, education and social care. The post holder will be supported in this role by a Consultant Child Psychiatrist and with appropriate areas of skill that require development and further training.

This is a 0.5 WTE – 5 session permanent post within the EWMH interventions team

Main duties of the job

Our Single Point of Access (SPOA) manages queries, advice, consultation and the referral process into our services. This model has reduced the number of referrals through providing accessible signposting and advice to both families and professionals. Contacts with SPOA result in a monthly average of circa 200 young people and families being offered a Choice appointment with our core assessment team. Referrals identified as specifically relating to an eating disorder (ED) at SPOA are assessed within the multidisciplinary ED clinic.

The Post Holder will work in the Core Interventions team (previously generic CAMHS) providing Part 1 & Part 2 work under the Mental Health Measure (Wales 2010)

The Main responsibilities of the post:

psychiatric assessment and intervention including pharmacological treatment and Mental Health Act Assessments within the Core Intervention Team

Involvement in prescription rota (depending on working days)

Involvement in Peer Group

Support teaching to medical students and other staff

No out of hours duties.

The Consultant Psychiatrists in the Core Intervention Team provide consultation sessions for the wider service to provide advice, manage any necessary medical investigations and identify when and how young people require direct psychiatric input which may result in allocation to partnership work or the offer of one-off joint appointment.

Working for our organisation

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or recognised equivalent Eligible for full GMC registration with a licence to practise Section 12 MHA or support to gain this

Experience

• Four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty, OR equivalent experience / competencies
• Assessment of emergencies

Skills

• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working Effective and demonstrable communication skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues Up to date with current medical practices Ability to take appropriate clinical decisions when necessary Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance Values aligned to those of the Health Board At least part of the specialty training programme or relevant experience should be in the UK
• Audit Teaching Computing skills Research interests relevant to the specialty

Personal Qualities

• Motivated and efficient Able to relate to patients, staff and medical colleagues Flexible, caring and hard working Evidence of ability to work both in a team and alone

Other requirements

• Satisfactory immigration / right to work status Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure (DBS) check or equivalent

MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to flexible working and equal opportunities across its medical and dental workforce. All medical and dental posts will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Cardiff and Vale UHB is a Smoke Free Health Board - smoking is banned across all of the UHB sites. Staff are therefore not able to smoke in the hospital grounds or any other UHB premises.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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