Employer heading
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Role
We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:
* Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
* Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
* Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit a Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist to join Swansea Bay UHB. The successful candidate will join a team of ten Consultant Learning Disability Psychiatrists who cover the other geographical areas within the Health Board.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of care to patients in the geographical region of Swansea (SA4-SA7) and will be based in Llwyneryr AAU, Swansea but will travel to various locations within their geographical area of Swansea. They will join a multi-professional team, whose responsibilities will include 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 Learning Disability services in SBUHB are currently undergoing significant modernisation with the aim of becoming leaders in the field. The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved with this exciting programme.
Applicants should have full registration with the GMC, possess MRCPsych UK or have an equivalent post graduate qualification. The should be on the specialist register for Learning Disability Psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving their CCT in Learning Disability Psychiatry. The ability to commute within the Health Boards geographical area, with access to an appropriate means of transport is essential.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of care to patients in the geographical region of Swansea (SA4-SA7) and will be based in Llwyneryr AAU, Swansea but will travel to various locations within their geographical area of Swansea. They will join a multi-professional team which includes Medical staff, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists whose responsibilities will include the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Working for our organisation
Our values encourage continuous improvement and as such you will have the opportunity for regular career development to ensure youre on the cutting edge and at the top of your game. Additionally, the service is supportive of staff developing portfolio careers and have excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to explore opportunities in medical management, quality improvement, quality and safety, research and teaching. The Health Board has strong academic links with Swansea University and Medical School and honorary appointments exist should you wish to explore this as part of your career development.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find the job description and person specification documents attached within this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
* On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT due) within 6 months of interview date
* Or CESR or equivalent European Qualifications for Specialist Registration
* Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
* Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
* Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
Clinical Experience
* Broad based experience in psychiatry across the range of sub-specialities. Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
* Knowledge and participation in CPD
* Competence in eg management of acute psychiatric presentations
* Expertise in the treatment of mental disorders in people with learning disabilities
* Able to apply knowledge
* Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
* Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
* Broad based experience in psychiatry across the range of sub-specialities. Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent) - Knowledge and participation in CPD - Competence in eg management of acute psychiatric presentations - Expertise in the treatment of mental disorders in people with learning disabilities - Able to apply knowledge - Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills - Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news - Meet the requirement of the GMCs Good Medical Practice
* Experience of NHS
* Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
* Evidence of above average performance
* Additional clinical qualification(s)
Clinical Governance
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
* Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
* Knowledge of risk management
* Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
Research
* Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
* Research degree
Teaching
* Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
* Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
* Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
* Training the Trainers experience
Management
* Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
* Willingness to participate in clinical management
* Evidence of management training
Personal Qualities
* Ability to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
* Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team and alone
* Ability to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of the Service
* Evidence of leadership attributes
* Motivational skills
Other Requirements
* All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
* Ability to fulfil all duties of post, including on-call commitments and travel to meet requirements of the post
* Welsh speaker or a willingness to learn Welsh.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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