Specialty Doctor in Older Persons Mental Health
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has risen for a Specialty Doctor to join the fantastic Older Persons Mental Health Team for the Rhondda Locality of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. This would involve working with the team base at Ysbyty George Thomas, Treorchy and Dewi Sant Health Park.
The post holder will be operationally based in the CMHT.
The post holder will be expected to work at other CTMUHB sites and elsewhere in the community, including patients' homes from time to time.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
- 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 lead and use team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- The delivery of care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams.
- To engage in annual Appraisal and Job Planning feeding into Revalidation.
- To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit.
Full Details in attached Job description
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
- To undertake a Teaching and Training Role for Medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
- To provide a supervisory role to Junior Medical Staff where appropriate.
- To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based medicine.
- To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
- To participate, sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
- To develop experience and knowledge, so contributing to the service.
- To support and train multidisciplinary teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration
- M.B.B.S. or equivalent
Desirable
- oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification.
- oS.12(2) approval
- o Welsh Approved Clinician approval
Experience
Essential
- oComprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
- oThree years experience at CT level in adult psychiatry.
- oFamiliarity with UK hospital systems and practice.
Desirable
- oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician
Skills
Essential
- oAble to undertake duties to Specialty Doctor level
- oCompetence in current assessment and treatment.
- oCompetence in risk assessment and management.
Desirable
- oComputing skills.
- oUnderstanding of relevant clinical, legal and policy issues.
Audit and Research
Essential
- oUnderstanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
Desirable
- oEvidence of audit with significant impact on practice.
- oEvidence of original and relevant research in speciality.
Teaching
Essential
- oEvidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
- oEvidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Ysbyty George Thomas Hospital
Treorchy
Treorchy
CF42 6YG
