Specialist Grade General Adult Psychiatry

We are looking for a Specialist Grade Doctor within General Adult Psychiatry within our Health Board in North Ceredigion. Applicants applying for this grade should have 12 years postgraduate experience, 6 years of which MUST be in Psychiatry - we are particularly looking for those doctors with experience in LD, Old Age and Adult Psychiatry.

Our Mental Health Service has an excellent track record and has won national prizes from the Royal College of Psychiatry (RCPsych) award for its dedication to improve adult mental health services in mid and west Wales.

We work hard Transforming Mental Health Services within the Health Board and our core purpose is to work with people and lead communities in improving their mental and physical health and wellbeing for a better life; through delivering excellent and responsive prevention, diagnosis, early intervention, treatment and care.

You will work in a dynamic service that will offer an excellent opportunity to further enhance your knowledge and experience in the assessment and emergency treatment for patients with severe and enduring mental illness.

• Be responsible for the assessment and management of community patients and relevant CMHT inpatients.
• Be expected to remain closely involved with the care of those admitted to the associated wards.
• Provide effective clinical leadership and fully participate in the multidisciplinary team.
• Acts as an expert decision maker independently.
• Taking clinical responsibility.
• Communicate with other staff to ensure effective patient care.
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and carers, placing them at the centre of the care pathway.
• Manage patients with complex needs.
• Able to work as a member of the MDT as appropriate.
• Conduct thorough assessments.
• Participate in the development of teaching, training and research within the organisation.
• Actively participate in regular audit and research meetings and postgraduate teaching sessions held by the appropriate department.
• To contribute senior clinical input to the modernisation, development and ongoing operational management of General Adult Psychiatry.
• Able to demonstrate initiative & resilience to adapt in rapidly changing circumstances.
• Able to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
• Undertake responsibility for leading and supervising a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals:
Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals:
Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire;
Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.

Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and…