Specialist Grade in Psychiatry for Adults LD

As a Specialist Grade Doctor, you will provide expert community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities who reside within the county of Pembrokeshire. The service has already implemented Dementia, Epilepsy, and PMLD pathways. You will lead clinical care, teaching activities and contribute to service development and governance.

This post is ideal for doctors seeking to consolidate their experience or progress within Non-Consultant Career Grades. You'll be supported through the Portfolio Pathway to gain Specialist Registration and advance your career in a structured, nurturing environment.

We are committed to tackling health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. Our Primary Care Liaison service and General Hospital LD Liaison team work closely with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire People First to deliver educational sessions to GP trainees and undergraduate medical students. These teams are expanding to increase capacity and align with the wider Directorate's focus on liaison, early intervention, and prevention.

Our Mental Health Service is nationally recognized by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Medical Association for innovation and excellence in adult mental health care across mid and west Wales. Join us in shaping the future of inclusive mental health services while advancing your career in a forward-thinking and supportive environment.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

• To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service.
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality.
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies.
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board's service plans.
• To contribute to the Consultant on-call rota (1 in 14 rota).
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board.
• Core clinical expertise in the field of Intellectual Disability Psychiatry.
• Experience and knowledge of running a specialty service.
• Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supporting and training multi-disciplinary teams.
• Participating in CPD including Audit.
• You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation.
• A Teaching and Training role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff.
• To undertake regular multi-disciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based medicine.

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 explored in full.

The post holder will provide specialist community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities who reside within the county of Pembrokeshire, as part of the Pembrokeshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities.

If you are looking to work with a friendly and supportive team, dealing with a wide variety of Mental Health Conditions, in a beautiful rural location with a good work-life balance, then please get in touch. The post holder will be based at Llanion House in…