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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist to join a well-established Acute Adult Mental Health service in Wales. This is a replacement consultant post within an inpatient adult mental health team, joining a wider group of consultants responsible for delivering acute adult psychiatry services across the Health Board. The successful candidate will work within a supportive multidisciplinary environment and play a key role in the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of adults requiring acute inpatient mental health care.

The post is based within an acute adult inpatient setting and forms part of a consultant team supporting admission and treatment wards. The successful appointee will work closely with nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and wider crisis/home treatment teams to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care. The role also includes active participation in service development, clinical governance, teaching and on-call duties.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level psychiatric care for adult inpatients, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and ongoing clinical management.
• Take continuing responsibility for the care of patients admitted under the post holder's care, working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Lead and contribute to regular ward rounds, MDT meetings, patient reviews and discharge planning.
• Support the development of individualised treatment pathways for patients with acute mental health needs.
• Work closely with consultant colleagues and other mental health services to ensure continuity of care and appropriate clinical cover.
• Provide supervision, support and training to junior medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in the Health Board's clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and risk management processes.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, educational supervision and continuing medical education activities.
• Support research and service development activity where appropriate.
• Participate in the 1:14 non-resident on-call rota with prospective cover.

About the Service

The service provides Acute Adult Mental Health care within inpatient admission and treatment wards, supported by a wider network of crisis resolution/home treatment teams and liaison psychiatry services. The consultant team works in a highly collaborative model, with strong multidisciplinary input and a focus on delivering safe, effective and recovery-oriented care. The service is actively engaged in service development and improving pathways for adult mental health patients.

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
• On the GMC Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry, or eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview / equivalent route to specialist registration
• Evidence of the ability to develop effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve services
• Evidence of partnership working with other agencies
• Evidence of teaching and training postgraduate and/or undergraduate clinical staff
• Experience of audit / clinical governance activity
• Experience of the requirements of the Approved Clinician role under the Mental Health Act 1983
• Clinical skills, including competence in using the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and contribute to service development
• Ability to participate in the on-call rota

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative consultant team in Acute Adult Psychiatry
• Strong multidisciplinary support across inpatient, crisis and liaison services
• Involvement in service development, teaching, clinical governance and research
• Structured job planning, appraisal and professional development support
• A substantive consultant opportunity within a large and evolving mental health service in Wales