Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Consultant Psychiatrist in Acute Care (Aneurin Ward)
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Job Overview
The Acute Care Service is fully developed and includes Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), one male and one female inpatient ward and a Home Treatment Teams (HTT) for Gwynedd and Anglesey. Acute services are currently clinically led by one Responsible Clinician (RC) for each of the two acute inpatient wards and one RC covering PICU and HTT. This post will cover the Hergest Male Inpatient ward providing a substantive consultant led acute care service for the 2 counties.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will have direct clinical responsibility (RC) for all female inpatients (except functional OPMH patients) during the course of their admission on the 17-bedded Aneurin Ward, Hergest Unit
- Clinical management for all female inpatients on Aneurin Ward at Hergest Unit including covering the Mental Health Act related roles as Responsible Clinician for the duration of their inpatient stay.
- Attend the daily Acute Care Meeting to discuss matters of patient flow, delayed discharges and potential discharges. The meeting is held every morning and tends to last 15-30 minutes.
- Management of complex cases in collaboration with HTT and the community CMHTs.
- Clinical leadership within Acute Care setting.
- Develop care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted that you are interested in joining the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division. When you join the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities division, you can balance work and life – with flexible working opportunities, hybrid and agile vacancies and an abundance of training and career development opportunities.
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Some of the many benefits of joining the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division include;
- Wellness, Work and Us - a human service providing support and intervention to staff at times of need. The quality of our interactions is grounded in our own sense of wellbeing - when we are well, we can better support each other and the people who use our services.
- Offering services ranging from drop-in sessions, counselling, coaching & an onsite gym.
- Managerial and Clinical supervisions – regular opportunities for staff to gain feedback from managers, discuss development opportunities and focus on overall wellbeing.
- Flexible working to suit you and your family, such as full time, annualised hours, part time, term time, remote and hybrid working, to enable you to achieve a great work-life balance. Let us discuss!
- Support to progress your career in a place that allows you to reach your goals inside work and out.
- A chance to be recognised for great work through our staff achievement awards.
- Continued professional development opportunities through our in-house training and external academic courses within local colleges and universities.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Personal Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click ‘Apply Now’ to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- Welsh AC Approval.
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Eligibility
Essential Criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of completing CCT.
- CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of training in the core and specialist competencies for community psychiatry.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of community psychiatric practice.
Teaching and Training
Essential Criteria
- Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching.
- Evidence of having delivered multidisciplinary teaching.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching medical students.
Research/Audit
Essential Criteria
- Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
- Evidence of having undertaken a relevant audit project.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of research in community mental health care.
Motivation
Essential Criteria
- Evidence of commitment and enthusiasm to provide specialist adult mental health services.
Welsh Language Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to communicate in Welsh
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