Job title: Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
Company: British Medical Journal
Job description: An exciting opportunity has risen to join the fantastic Liaison Psychiatry Medical Team.
This is a New Consultant post based in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for Liaison Services and you will be joining Colleagues in a very dynamic andforward looking Directorate, with supportive colleagues and a culture where development and progression is embedded. The Post holder will be managerially responsible to Dr Arif Alam, Interim Clinical Group Service Director. The Post holder will be required to liaise with Clinicians as and when necessary. Further the Post holder will be expected work at other UHB Sites if required.
The superb team work in a close working nature with other colleagues and this makes the Cwm Taf Morgannwg mental Health Liaison team stand out- A team that anyone would be proud to work with!
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Interview Date: March 6th 2024
Main duties of the job
- Implementation of the Mental Health Act and associated duties.
- Liaison and collaboration with colleagues from the Directorate and beyond – including other organisations, Local Authorities and the third sector.
- Supervision of team members as appropriate, taking a full part in referral handling and team meetings.
- Taking on much of the clinical leadership of the team, working closely with other senior professionals including Mental Health Liaison Practitioners.
- The management of complex cases, providing leadership and specialist advice to colleagues across the team.
- Triaging new referrals and sign posting to most appropriate person to undertake initial assessment.
- Assessment, diagnosis and formulation of management plans for patients
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 description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary Liaison Mental health team.
- To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Health Boards personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
- To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
Full Details are in the attached Job Description and Person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- M.R.C.Psych. or equivalent
- S.12(2) approval
- Approved Clinician approval.
- On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR date if progress has been satisfactory and it is anticipated that the outcome of the final ARCP will recommend that training will be completed by the time the recommended CCT/CESR date is reached
Desirable
- Additional relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Welsh Approved Clinician approval.
Skills
Essential
- Competence in current assessment and treatment
- Competence in risk assessment and management
- Understanding of relevant clinical, legal and policy issues.
Desirable
- Computing skills.
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
- Evidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching medical students
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
- Higher training experience in psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Audit and research
Essential
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
- Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
- Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality.
Desirable
- Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality
- Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
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Company
Welcome
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) provides primary, community, hospital and mental health services to the 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Providing great health care to our community is our number one priority.
CTMUHB is one of the largest Health Boards in Wales, with three district general hospital sites, and was formed in 2019. We are ideally situated between Wales’ capital city Cardiff to the south, the coastal town of Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons National Park to the north where you can explore the breath-taking beauty of the mountains, waterfalls and woodlands. We operate within a vibrant community, rich with history and heritage. You can also explore other parts of Wales. Our central location makes us the perfect starting point and we’re within easy reach of vibrant cities including Swansea and Bristol, as well as Cardiff.
If you come to work in Cwm Taf Morgannwg you will be guaranteed a warm Welsh welcome, opportunities for professional development and a clinical environment that innovates to improve. With almost 12,000 staff our workforce is the lifeblood not only of the University Health Board, but also many of the communities that we serve. We take our staff wellbeing seriously and have dedicated wellbeing rooms and mindfulness sessions. Our Health Board is committed to building a culture it feels proud of, with recognisable values at its core that can be felt and understood by every person who comes into contact with them.
You don’t have to speak Welsh to work in our organisation but we will give you the opportunity to learn. We take staff development seriously and encourage everyone to flourish and progress during their time with us.
For those of you with a young family childcare is available on all three acute hospital sites. There are excellent schools and affordable housing both within and just outside the Health Board.
Whether its paddle boarding, caving, outdoor swimming or singing in a male voice choir- Cwm Taf Morgannwg will provide a fantastic work-life balance for everyone.
Expected salary: £91722 – 119079 per year
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Job date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:52:26 GMT
