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An exciting opportunity is available for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Services within a well-established multidisciplinary inpatient mental health service in Wales. The post is a replacement Consultant position joining an experienced team responsible for delivering Acute Adult Mental Health services across the region. This Consultant Psychiatrist role offers the opportunity to work within a highly supportive inpatient mental health service that provides acute admission, assessment, and treatment for adults with complex psychiatric conditions. The successful candidate will work as part of a collaborative consultant team within Adult Mental Health Services while contributing to service development, multidisciplinary leadership, education, governance, and quality improvement initiatives.
Job Responsibility
Provide Consultant-led Acute Adult Mental Health inpatient services
Undertake psychiatric assessments, diagnosis, and treatment planning
Provide clinical leadership for acute adult psychiatric inpatients
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualised care pathways
Conduct ward rounds, MDT meetings, patient reviews, and risk assessments
Support safe admission and discharge planning processes
Participate in Mental Health Act assessments and Approved Clinician responsibilities
Apply the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act within clinical practice
Provide supervision and support to junior doctors and MDT colleagues
Participate in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement activities
Support service development and modernisation initiatives
Participate in teaching, training, and educational supervision of junior medical staff
Participate in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes
Maintain high standards of patient-centred psychiatric care
Participate in the Consultant on-call rota
Requirements
Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
Specialist Registration in General Adult Psychiatry or eligibility for CCT within 6 months
Approved Clinician experience or eligibility
Experience working within Acute Adult Mental Health services
Strong knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
Excellent leadership and multidisciplinary team-working skills
Strong interpersonal and communication abilities
Ability to undertake Consultant on-call responsibilities
Commitment to clinical governance, audit, and continuous improvement
Experience supervising junior doctors and MDT staff
Nice to have
Higher qualification or additional postgraduate qualifications
Teaching or medical education qualifications
Experience in service development and improvement projects
Research experience within Mental Health services
Experience in audit and quality improvement methodologies
Leadership experience within Adult Psychiatry services
Interest in clinical innovation and modern mental health pathway