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Job summary

Main area
Psychiatry
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
110-MD321-0625
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£110,240 - £160,951 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/07/2025 23:59

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Consultant Psychiatrist - Inpatients

Consultant

Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.

Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.

At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team of over 14,500 people from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. As a family-friendly employer, we’re committed to promoting flexibility and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Discover more about working with us here:

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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable. 

Job overview

·         Provide clinical expertise and leadership

A full job description and Person Specification is attached

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

·         Take part in the consultant on-call rota within the Mental Health Directorate. 

·         Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health Act as a S.12 approved doctor and as an Approved Clinician. 

·         Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010. 

 

Detailed information will be found on the Job Description and Person specification attached.

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

 To obtain full details, the information will be found on the Job Description and Person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications and Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Current GMC registration
  • MRC Psych or equivalent
  • Approved Clinician Approval
  • Section 12 (2) approval
Desirable criteria
  • • Additional relevant postgraduate qualification
  • Relevant clinical qualification
  • Welsh approved Clinician Approval

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry
  • Higher training experience in psychiatry.
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of acting as s12(2) doctor or Responsible Clinician

Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
  • Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality.

Management

Essential criteria
  • Management and Administration Experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Appraising Staff
  • Evidence of Service Development

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Teaching Medical Students

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • proven commitment to team approach and Multi Disciplinary Working
  • Capacity to work under pressure and respond flexibly to varying demands

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Arif Alam
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443712
Additional information

Kishore Kale

Clinical Director (Inpatients)

[email protected]

01443 443712

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