This is a New Consultant post based in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for Liaison Services and you will be joining Colleagues in a very dynamic and forward looking Directorate, with supportive colleagues and a culture where development and progression is embedded. The Post holder will be managerially responsible to Dr Arif Alam, Interim Clinical Group Service Director. The Post holder will be required to liaise with Clinicians as and when necessary. Further the Post holder will be expected work at other UHB Sites if required.

The superb team work in a close working nature with other colleagues and this makes the Cwm Taf Morgannwg mental Health Liaison team stand out- A team that anyone would be proud to work with!

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interview Date: 13th June 2024

Main duties of the job

Implementation of the Mental Health Act and associated duties.
Liaison and collaboration with colleagues from the Directorate and beyond - including other organisations, Local Authorities and the third sector.
Supervision of team members as appropriate, taking a full part in referral handling and team meetings.
Taking on much of the clinical leadership of the team, working closely with other senior professionals including Mental Health Liaison Practitioners.
The management of complex cases, providing leadership and specialist advice to colleagues across the team.
Triaging new referrals and sign posting to most appropriate person to undertake initial assessment.
Assessment, diagnosis and formulation of management plans for patients
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 description
Job responsibilities

To provide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary Liaison Mental health team.
To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Health Boards personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
Full Details are in the attached Job Description and Person specification

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

Full GMC Registration
M.R.C.Psych. or equivalent
S.12(2) approval
Approved Clinician approval.
On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR date if progress has been satisfactory and it is anticipated that the outcome of the final ARCP will recommend that training will be completed by the time the recommended CCT/CESR date is reached
Desirable

Additional relevant postgraduate qualification.
Welsh Approved Clinician approval.
Skills
Essential

Competence in current assessment and treatment
Competence in risk assessment and management
Understanding of relevant clinical, legal and policy issues.
Desirable

Computing skills.
Teaching
Essential

Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
Evidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Desirable

Experience of teaching medical students
Experience
Essential

Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
Higher training experience in psychiatry
Desirable

Experience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Audit and research
Essential

Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality.
Desirable

Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality
Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice