Job Overview Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Acute Care Inpatient Psychiatry.
Two adult wards are in the Ablett Unit: a 10‑bed Dinas Female ward, a 10‑bed Dinas Male ward, and an S136 suite. The Home Treatment Team (HTT) is based in the Ablett Unit. Additional wards include an 8‑bed male locked rehabilitation Cynnydd and a 10‑bed older‑persons’ functional Tegid ward.
The adult acute care service covers the 20‑bed ward and the HTT, which can admit approximately 25 patients at a time. Crises Resolution Services are delivered within local community services and are not part of this acute care model. The Acute Care teams work with CMHTs to ensure timely communication and care planning. The post holder will provide patient‑centred recovery‑based care through a supervisory and consultancy role, and serve as Responsible Clinician for about half of the adult acute care service (10 beds) and half of the HTT, alongside the other Substantive Approved Clinician.
Main Duties The post holder will be the treating consultant alongside the other Approved Clinician for inpatients admitted to Dinas Male and Female wards and those accepted for the Home Treatment Team. Admissions come from the community via CMHT or general hospitals via Psychiatric Liaison Service. Medical oversight of admissions occurs with a handover of consultant responsibility at admission and discharge. The post holder and community colleagues work closely to facilitate continuity of care and discharge planning, and the patient remains in the post holder’s care.
The post holder will be the responsible clinician for patients admitted under the Mental Health Act, provide medical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, work closely with the sector consultant, CMHT and local authorities to ensure continuity of care and robust discharge planning, and supervise junior doctors attached to the post.
Working for our Organisation We invite interested candidates to join the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division to achieve a work–life balance through flexible, hybrid, and agile vacancies and plentiful training and career development opportunities.
Benefits include:
Wellness, Work and Us – a human service providing support and intervention to staff at times of need.
Drop‑in sessions, counselling, coaching and onsite gym.
Managerial and Clinical supervisions for feedback and development.
Flexible working (full time, annualised hours, part time, term time, remote, hybrid) to support work‑life balance.
Support to progress your career and recognition via staff achievement awards.
Continued professional development through in‑house training and external academic courses.
Person Specification Qualifications
MB CS or equivalent medical qualification.
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Welsh AC Approval.
Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of completing CCT.
Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Clinical Skills
Evidence of training in the core and specialist competencies for community psychiatry.
Experience in leading a multi‑disciplinary team.
Experience of community psychiatric practice.
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