Consultant Psychiatrist - RehabilitationCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardThe post provides specialist psychiatric rehabilitation expertise to the Outreach and Recovery Team (ORT) currently serving the Rhondda and Taff areas and which works on Assertive Outreach principles.
The post holder will also be responsible for the Cefn Yr Afon Unit, an 18-bedded mixed gender rehabilitation facility working on Community Rehabilitation Unit principles in Bridgend.
Main Duties of the JobThe post holder will be required to liaise with other senior clinicians as and when necessary.
The post holder will be expected to:
Provide clinical psychiatric rehabilitation expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary outreach and recovery team and an inpatient rehabilitation team.Provide specialist assessment and clinical management of patients aged 18 and over with mental health problems under the ORT and inpatients at Cefn Yr Afon.Provide medical liaison and advice regarding patients to local consultants and GPs as necessary.About UsCwm 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 improveWe treat everyone with respectWe all work together as one teamWe are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job ResponsibilitiesProvide supervision for the Speciality doctor and core trainee, and to a Specialty Training Registrar if the post holder is approved as an Educational Supervisor and if an ST is allocated to the team.Liaise effectively with members of the team, other services within the Health Board, general practitioners and other agencies.Contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed.Play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff.Maintain their professional knowledge base and competency by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD) and to take part in the Wales Revalidation Process which includes annual appraisals for the purposes of revalidation.Arrange cross cover with the other rehabilitation and sector consultants.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.Person SpecificationKnowledge and ExperienceComprehensive training and experience in psychiatryHigher training experience in psychiatry.Experience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible ClinicianQualifications and EligibilityCurrent GMC registrationMRC Psych or equivalentS.12 (2) ApprovalApproved Clinician ApprovalAdditional postgrad QualificationSkills and AbilitiesCompetence in current assessment and treatmentCompetence in risk assessment and managementUnderstanding of relevant clinical legal and policy issuesComputing SkillsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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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