Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS & Specialised Services
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD199-0924
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Lidiard
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £100,000 - £146,000 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Consultant
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Substantive Consultant post based in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. This post is based in the Ty Llidiard Inpatient Unit, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. Due to the geographic spread of the service, the role would require a significant amount of travelling. This is an opportunity to work with a dynamic and transformational service committed to delivering high quality services for the population in south, mid and west Wales.
You will be joining Colleagues in a well-established and innovative Directorate, with supportive colleagues and a culture where development and progression is embedded. The Postholder will be managerially responsible to Dr Cara Maiden, Clinical Director. The Postholder will be required to liaise with Clinicians and partner agencies including Paediatrics, Education and Children Services as and when necessary. Further the Postholder will be expected work at other UHB Sites if required.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Interview date : 12th November 2024
Main duties of the job
· Be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
· Develop working relationships with the Multidisciplinary Team, colleagues from allied disciplines in addition to other teams and partner agencies in the Locality and Network area.
· Work clinically with children, young people and their families/carers and other allied professionals.
· Contribute to the development of knowledge and skills within the Service through teaching/research and Governance opportunities.
· Meet the needs of Senior trainees placed within the Service and supervise Speciality Grade Doctors and Physician Associates
· Act in a consultative capacity in relation to other agencies with regard to the mental health needs of children and families.
· Contribute to the training programmes of other agencies/training establishments.
· Maintain professional standards within the Service.
· Assist and promote training/research.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cara Maiden title: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01443 443008-01443 443 016
Person specification
Qualifications and Eligibility
Essential criteria
- On specialist register for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or equivalent or eligible within 6 months. Relevant experience in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Able to manage complexity and uncertainty.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Commitment to team approach and multidisciplinary working. Interest in clinical audit. Research interest. Experience of teaching undergraduates/ postgraduates.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice. Computer skills. Organizing Teaching. Completed research.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skill. Comittment to understanding of the management process. Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Cara Maiden
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443008
- Additional information
Dr Ceri Price
Telephone number 01656 674951
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