Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - LD (Portfolio Pathway/CESR)

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Pontyclun; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

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.

This post is designed for doctors working toward their Portfolio Pathway (CESR) application. It is a Health Board role aiming to deliver career training and development to doctors in a clear structure with educational support. This post is to commence as soon as possible on a fixed term basis - length of contract to be discussed and confirmed at interview depending on the requirements for the individual appointed.

You will be allocated a Consultant who has personally completed the Portfolio Pathway (CESR) process as an educational and clinical supervisor to guide you through the process and help you with your portfolio. Your training will aim to mirror that delivered by a higher specialty training programme and utilize portfolio evidence in the same way.

Main duties of the job

The 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 us

Swansea 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.

We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.

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 description
Job responsibilities

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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Further relevant degree/diploma
• Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (Working Together)
• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (Always Improving)
• Values partnership with other agencies (Working Together)
• 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

Skills
Essential

• 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 (Caring for each other)
• Clinical Skills including competence of using the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Personal attributes
Essential

• 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

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