Job overview

 Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB. 

The department of Old Age Psychiatry are looking to recruit a 2 year fixed term Specialty doctor to join their team.

You will be part of the wider multidisciplinary team and will be responsible for the assessment, diagnoses and managing common psychiatric conditions including dementia, mood disorders and psychosis in the older adult population.

You will also be required to be able to identify delirium and other physical health conditions that impact on patients’ mental health.

To be able to complete MHA assessments as a section 12 approved doctor

Be able to perform and interpret ECG’s

Conduct thorough risk assessments in order to safely manage patients.

Main duties of the job

You will be welcomed to a well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary team in delivering high standard services. You will provide 8 sessions of direct clinical care and have 2 sessions for supporting professional activities.

You will be based, along with the Consultant, at Ysbryd Y Coed, Cefn Coed Hospital, a modern purpose built facility that houses our in patient areas for Swansea residents.   

Clinical duties involve the assessment, investigation and management of older adults with dementia and functional psychiatric disorders, as well as those individuals presenting with younger onset dementias. Services are delivered within the framework of the Wales Mental Health Measure and provide a needs led service 

Your working week is split between out-patient and community work including home visits as well as ward round support to the Consultant as needed. This will include work related to use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. A draft job plan is as detailed in Appendix 1. 

There is no on-call commitment associated with this post, but this could be available as part of the wider psychiatric on-call rota should you wish.

You will be expected to participate in the management of the department in the absence of the Consultant and in the interest of the smooth running of the Mental Health Services.

Working for our organisation

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people.   We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.  

Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings.  

We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.   

Swansea is Wales' second largest city and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cosy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and Swansea.com stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.