Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for Consultant Psychiatrist post within Ty Cyfannol Ward, based within the Caerphilly Borough of Gwent, covering 10-sessions. 

Ty Cyfannol is an Adult mental health, 23-bedded mixed gender ward serving the population of adults between the ages of 18 - 65 residing in the Borough of Caerphilly. The post holder will be based within Ty Cyfannol, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr and will be supported by a wider multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Health Care Support Workers, Medical Secretary, Specialty Doctor, Junior Doctor and Physician Associate

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a forward thinking, compassionate and proactive inpatient service and will work closely with the two Consultant Psychiatrists working within the North and South Caerphilly Community Mental Health Teams. The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team for West Gwent is co-located next to the ward.

The following list indicates the initiatives currently high on the strategic agenda for the service:
- Forging closer working links with Social Service colleagues and third sector
- Developing alternatives to admissions within Acute Mental Health services and the well-established Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Services
- The Primary Care Mental Health Service and the single point of entry to secondary services (Mental Health 111 service), in line with the Welsh Mental Health Measure
- Maintaining the high standard of person-centred care identified by Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW)

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.