Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disabilities
Posted 3 days 7 hours ago by NHS
Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.
We are looking to recruit a Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist (locum) to join Swansea Bay University Health Board's Learning Disability Service. The successful candidate will join a team of Consultant Learning Disability Psychiatrists who cover the other geographical areas within the Learning Disabilities Division, which includes SBUHB, CTMUHB and C&VUHB regions. The post will be full time (10 programmed sessions per week).
The successful candidate will be based in Hafod Y Wennol Acute Admission and Rehabilitation Unit, Hensol, Pontylcun but will travel to various locations within their geographical area of Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Additionally, they may be required at times to travel to other locations within the health board to include LD sites managed within the Divisional geographical footprint that covers SBUHB, CTMUHB and C&VUHB.
Main duties of the jobThe principal duty of this post is to provide clinical leadership to, and to be responsible for the delivery of patient care for Merthyr and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf localities.
The post holder will be part of a multi-professional team which includes Medical staff, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists. You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. The post-holder will be expected to work closely with Consultant colleagues providing unscheduled care in order to ensure continuity of the care pathways.
The post-holder will be expected to work closely with other colleagues in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health to offer a flexible service. The post-holder is expected to demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellence in clinical care, to work effectively with multi-disciplinary community teams and inpatient teams to promote the safety and well-being of patients.
About usSwansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.
Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea, Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings.
The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.
Job responsibilitiesFor more details in relation to this post please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification.
Person Specification Qualifications- Registered with the GMC
- Licensed to practice
- On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Learning Disabilities or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
- Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
- Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
- Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service
- Values partnership with other agencies
- Development and commissioning of local Learning Disabilities services
- Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
- Experience of research in Learning Disabilities
- (Specific) Experience of requirements of the role of Approved Clinician under the Mental Health Act 1983
- Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly
- Clinical Skills including competence of using the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
- Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
This 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.