Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Consultant Psychiatrist

The closing date is 03 July 2025

Job summary

Provide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary community mental health team.

Provide specialist assessment and clinical management of patients aged 18 and over with mental health problems referred from within the locality.

Full details on attached JD and Person Specification.

Please note this Job Description is Pending Royal College Approval.

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

Main duties of the job

Provide medical liaison and advice to the Primary Mental Health Support Service and local GPs on a sessional basis.

Provide supervision for the Speciality doctor and core trainee, and to a Specialist Registrar if the post holder is approved as trainer and an SpR is allocated to the team.

Full details on attached JD

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.

Details

Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£110,240 to £160,951 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-MD320-0625

Job locations

Pentre Municipal Buildings

Llewellyn Street

Pentre

CF417BT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed.

Play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff.

Full details on attached JD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed.

Play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff.

Full details on attached JD

Person Specification

Qualifications and eligibilty

Essential

  • Current GMC registration
  • MRC Psych or equivalent
  • Approved Clinician Approval
  • Section 12 (2) approval

Desirable

  • oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
  • Relevant clinical qualification
  • Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and Research

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice

Management/Teaching

Essential

  • Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
  • Ability to supervise Staff Effectively
  • Evidence of having delivered multi disciplinary teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of Appraising Staff
  • oEvidence of service development.
  • evidence of teaching med students
Person Specification

Qualifications and eligibilty

Essential

  • Current GMC registration
  • MRC Psych or equivalent
  • Approved Clinician Approval
  • Section 12 (2) approval

Desirable

  • oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
  • Relevant clinical qualification
  • Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • oExperience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and Research

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice

Management/Teaching

Essential

  • Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
  • Ability to supervise Staff Effectively
  • Evidence of having delivered multi disciplinary teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of Appraising Staff
  • oEvidence of service development.
  • evidence of teaching med students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Pentre Municipal Buildings

Llewellyn Street

Pentre

CF417BT


Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Pentre Municipal Buildings

Llewellyn Street

Pentre

CF417BT


Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director

Arif Alam

Arif.alam@wales.nhs.uk

01443443712

Details

Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£110,240 to £160,951 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-MD320-0625

Job locations

Pentre Municipal Buildings

Llewellyn Street

Pentre

CF417BT


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