Consultant Psychiatrist
1. Location: Newport
2. Salary: Consultant grade
3. Closes: 01/10/2024
Job summary
We are looking for a medical professional who wants to work in collaboration with our service users, carers, and colleagues to provide the very best treatment and care. Professionals who want to develop and consolidate their clinical skills and competencies whilst working in a hospital with a patient-centred ethos
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to provide medical leadership and participate in strategic development of the service, to lead the MDT and be the responsible clinician for the patients under his care, and to provide high-quality psychiatric assessments of patients referred to the service in a timely fashion.
Overview of your organisation
St Peters Hospital in Newport, South Wales offers accommodation split into single-gender units and provides specialist treatment and nursing care for men and women with degenerative neuropsychiatric conditions and Acquired Brain Injury. St Peters focuses on delivering positive outcomes for our patients, their families and our commissioners.
Patient Profile
St Peters provides care for individuals within four core patient groups:
4. Dementia
5. Huntingtons Disease
6. Korsakoffs Syndrome
7. Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
8. Organic Personality Disorder
A trusted NHS partner since 2005, we offer treatment to informal patients, individuals detained under the Mental Health Act as well as those undergoing treatment under the Mental Capacity Act.
St Peters also meets the needs of patients subject to Ministry of Justice restriction orders.