NHS
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
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Job Description
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- On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR (Combine Programme) due within 6 months of interview date
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Approved Clinician status
- Comprehensive training as Specialty Registrar to include in-patient and community work
- Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
- Effective and demonstrable communication skills
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)
- Evidence of active research interests
- Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors
- Evidence of effective leadership skills
- On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR (Combine Programme) due within 6 months of interview date
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Approved Clinician status
- Comprehensive training as Specialty Registrar to include in-patient and community work
- Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
- Effective and demonstrable communication skills
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)
- Evidence of active research interests
- Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors
- Evidence of effective leadership skills
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Community team, covering the Cardiff North West Locality.
This a permanent 10-session Consultant post working in the Cardiff North West Community Mental Health Team. The role includes assessment and treatment of people over 65 years old with both functional (affective and psychotic disorders) and organic (neurodegenerative) illness, with frequent co-morbidity across both physical and mental health needs. Assessments occur in both the community (private homes or care homes) and hospital settings (outpatient, day hospital, acute assessment and extended assessment venues).
The appointee will be expected to work closely with other MHSOP services including Community REACT ('crisis') team, Nursing and Residential Care Home Liaison Service, Younger Onset Dementia Service, Assessment and Recovery Unit and General Hospital Liaison Service. The post-holder will regularly participate and contribute to weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.
Main duties of the job
The new Consultant will work to the job plan encompassing CMHT and in-patient work.
The Consultant and team will input to in-patients across five wards. Outpatient clinics are held weekly and are currently at University Hospital Llandough or Maelfa Centre, Llanederyn. The post holder will contribute to the service rotas.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.
Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.
Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.
You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £106,000 per annum to £154,760 per annum.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Details
Date posted
07 May 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£106,000 to £154,760 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001-MP072.25
Job locations
University Hospital Llandough
Penlan Road
Penarth
CF64 2XX
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Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Clinical Governance
Essential
Research
Essential
Teaching
Essential
Management
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Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Clinical Governance
Essential
Research
Essential
Teaching
Essential
Management
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
University Hospital Llandough
Penlan Road
Penarth
CF64 2XX
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
University Hospital Llandough
Penlan Road
Penarth
CF64 2XX
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.