Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Services
Medical and dental consultant
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
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Job overview
The post advertised has become available as a replacement into an existing consultant complement. This is a 10-session post providing senior medical input into community care and inpatient services for a defined population in Newport. The post holder will be supported by secretarial and administrative staff and will have use of appropriate office space and Information Technology resource. You will also be supported by a Full-Time Speciality Doctor.
The post holder will join a forward-thinking, motivated and enthusiastic Community Mental Health Team. The service is undergoing positive change, which is actively shaping Newport services at present. There are strong links between the members of the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team, GP’s and voluntary agencies.
Main duties of the job
As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:
* To ensure the provision of a high-quality clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
* To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
* To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
* To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division’s and Health Board’s service plans
* To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division or the Health Board
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This position involves Regulated Activity with adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:
* Enhanced check with barred list information, including - an adults barred list check
Applicants must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT/CESR(CP) date within 6 months of interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
* As per person specification
Teaching
* As per person specification
Clinical Experience
* As per person specification
Clinical Governance
* As per person specification
Research
* As per person specification
Management
* As per person specification
Other Requirements
* As per person specification
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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.
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