Job summary
- Main area
- Old Age Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD735-0322-P
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £91,722 - £119,079 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Older Persons Care Home In-Reach & Liaison Psychiatry
Consultant
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board are recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Persons Care Home In-Reach and Liaison Psychiatry.
This is an established post where the post holder will join the existing two Consultants and an innovative, well established, well organised and comprehensive mental health service for older adults covering Bridgend County Borough.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interview date: 10th July 2024
Main duties of the job
This Consultant post will be responsible for leading the Old Age Psychiatry Liaison team inputting into the Princess of Wales Hospital, including Maesteg Community Hospital and the delivery of mental health services for older adults in residential and nursing care facilities in the Bridgend County Borough area.
The Consultant will be responsible for provision of care to the shared care beds on ward 15 at the Princess of Wales Hospital jointly with a Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, and secondary care and treatment plans implemented and managed by care homes and acute hospital site. In addition, the consultant will retain responsibility for Liaison admissions to a mental health ward, Ward 15, following transfer from care home or non-mental health ward.
The role will include the provision of clinical expertise and leadership to the multidisciplinary team. They will be expected to contribute to educational provision to trainee medical staff as well as undergraduate medical students.
Working for our organisation
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.
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
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- On Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR date
- S.12(2) approval or be in a position to achieve that
- Approved Clinician approval or be in the position to achieve that
Desirable criteria
- Relevant equivalent clinical qualification
- Welsh Approved Clinician approval
Experience
Essential criteria
- Higher training experience in general adult psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Experience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Pravir Prasad
- Job title
- Clinical Director for Bridgend Mental Health CSG
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752884
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