Job summary
- Main area
- Liaison Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: For the right candidate LTFT may be considered.
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm with on-call commitment)
- Job ref
- 110-MD358-0725
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £110,240 - £160,951 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
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 from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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
An exciting opportunity has risen to join the fantastic Liaison Psychiatry Medical Team.
This is a replacement Consultant post based in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for Liaison Services and you will be joining colleagues in a very dynamic and forward looking Directorate, with supportive colleagues and a culture where development and progression is embedded. The Post holder will be managerially responsible to Dr Tim Chan, Clinical Director, OAMHS. The Post holder will be required to liaise with Clinicians as and when necessary. Further the Post holder will be expected work at other UHB Sites if required.
The superb team work in a close working nature with other colleagues and this makes the Cwm Taf Morgannwg mental Health Liaison team stand out– A team that anyone would be proud to work with!
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interview date: September 10th 2025
To find out more, view our Psychiatry recruitment pack here.
Main duties of the job
- Implementation of the Mental Health Act and associated duties.
- Liaison and collaboration with colleagues from the Directorate and beyond – including other organisations, Local Authorities and the third sector.
- Supervision of team members as appropriate, taking a full part in referral handling and team meetings.
- Taking on much of the clinical leadership of the team, working closely with other senior professionals including Mental Health Liaison Practitioners.
- The management of complex cases, providing leadership and specialist advice to colleagues across the team.
- Triaging new referrals and sign posting to most appropriate person to undertake initial assessment.
- Assessment, diagnosis and formulation of management plans for patients
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:
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- 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 provide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary Liaison Mental health team.
- To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Health Board’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
Full Details are in the attached Job Description and Person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC Registration
- • M.R.C.Psych. or equivalent
- • S.12(2) approval
- • Approved Clinician approval.
- • On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR date if progress has been satisfactory and it is anticipated that the outcome of the final ARCP will recommend that training will be completed by the time the recommended CCT/CESR date is reached
Desirable criteria
- • Additional relevant postgraduate qualification.
- • Welsh Approved Clinician approval.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Competence in current assessment and treatment
- • Competence in risk assessment and management
- • Understanding of relevant clinical, legal and policy issues.
Desirable criteria
- • Computing skills.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
- • Evidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of teaching medical students
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
- • Higher training experience in psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Audit and research
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
- • Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
- • Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality.
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of original and relevant research in speciality
- • Evidence of service wide audit with significant and lasting impact on practice
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 Tim Chan
- Job title
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752251
- Additional information
Dr Cal Bascom
Consultant Psychiatrist
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