Consultant in Adult Community Mental Health

Job summary

This post will be appointed to at the top of the Consultant Payscale

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board are recruiting a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist serving the South Bridgend area.

It is a ten session job consisting of two sessions for Bridgend Local Primary Mental Health Support Services and eight sessions for CMHT and Outpatient clinics.

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

Interview Date: 6th September 2023

Main duties of the job

This is an established Consultant Psychiatrist post working within the Bridgend South CMHT, covering a population of 55,000 between 18 and 65 years (approximately), with 240 patients currently being care coordinated by the CMHT.The CMHT is positioned in Secondary Care and has a pivotal role in directly delivering specialist community mental health services, but also an interface with Primary care, Unscheduled Care and Specialist and Regional Services such as Perinatal Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Early Intervention for Psychosis and Rehabilitation Services.

The purpose of the role is to provide a clinical service for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. The role will include the provision of clinical expertise and leadership to the multidisciplinary teams, and supervision for the Speciality Doctor and core trainee.

The post holder will find themselves well supported, with opportunities for ongoing professional development and collaborative working. They will be managed by the Clinical Director, but also benefit from day-to-day support from other members of the management team.

If you are interested in this role or would like more information, please contact us. We would love to hear from you!

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.