Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: 10 sessions
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (10 sessions)
- Job ref
- 100-MED-MHLD-167-Y
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Llanion House
- Town
- Pembroke Dock
- Salary
- £110,240 - £160,951 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Psychiatry for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Job overview
We are driven to support people with learning disability access a high standard of care for their presenting difficulties. The service has already implemented Dementia, Epilepsy, and PMLD pathways. Our Mental Health Pathway is currently in development.
As a service, we are committed to addressing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities and have developed a Primary Care Liaison service in addition to the general hospital LD Liaison team. These teams are also passionate educators working closely with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire People First in delivering sessions to groups including GP Trainees and Undergraduate medical students. These Teams are being further strengthened to create additional capacity and align to the wider Directorate support for Liaison and strengthen our earlier intervention and prevention model.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities who reside within the county of Pembrokeshire. Pembrokeshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
- To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality.
- 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 Health Board’s service plans.
- To contribute to the Consultant on-call rota (1 in 14 rota).
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board.
- Core clinical expertise in the field of Intellectual Disability Psychiatry.
- Experience and knowledge of running a specialty service.
- Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Supporting and training multi-disciplinary teams.
- Participating in CPD including Audit.
- You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation.
- A Teaching and Training role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Supervisor role to Resident and Middle Grade Medical Staff.
- To undertake regular multi-disciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based medicine.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty and school. They will take direction in these activities via the appropriate academic lead. The agreement to define the Honorary Academic responsibilities and associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be negotiated jointly between the post holder, the university and the Health Board. It will form part of the successful candidate’s job plan. The award of the Honorary Academic contract will be dependent upon a formal application being submitted to the university in accordance with the Honorary Appointments procedures and will be available on a fixed term basis subject to satisfactory performance in the academic activity undertaken.
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council.
- On the GMC Specialist Register (including via Portfolio Pathway (CESR)/European Community Rights) or will have CCT due within six months of interview date.
- Valid Certified Advanced Life Support.
- Where a sub-specialty interest is required sub-specialty training should be to a level appropriate for UK consultant sub-specialist practice - fellowship or equivalent level experience.
- Section 12 Approval
Desirable criteria
- Additional Higher qualification(s).
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience within the specialty area.
- Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post.
- Experience of leading a team.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in the UK or NHS.
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role of Clinical Governance.
- Participation in clinical audit (or quality improvement project) and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice.
- Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Ability to critically assess learning requirements for self and others.
- Evidence of organising programmes and teaching all staff groups.
- Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification.
Research and Scholarship
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge of current research and best practice in the specialty area.
- Evidence of keeping up to date with current research and best practice.
- Evidence of locating and using clinical guidelines appropriately.
- Evidence of communicating and interpreting research evidence in a meaningful way.
Desirable criteria
- Active participation in research.
Safeguarding
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge of safeguarding requirements and takes appropriate responsibility.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of applying appropriate equality and diversity legislation.
Other
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for actions.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure.
- Undertake responsibility for leading and supervising a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.
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 Warren Lloyd
- Job title
- AMD and Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267 674124
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