Consultant Adult Psychiatrist in Merthyr Tydfil inMerthyr Tydfil PUBLISHED THU 5 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

The post holder will be required to liaise with other senior clinicians as and when necessary.

The post holder will be expected to

Provide clinical expertise and leadership to a defined multidisciplinary community mental health team.

Provide specialist assessment and clinical management of patients aged 18 and over with mental health problems referred from within the locality.

Full details on Attached JD and Person specification. Please note this JD is Pending Royal College Approval.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Take part in the consultant on-call rota within the Mental Health Directorate.

Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health Act as a s.12 approved doctor and as an Approved Clinician.

Undertake responsibilities under the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2.

The post holder will be responsible for organising their professional day and for ensuring that they can be contacted at all times during working hours.

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Manage a small caseload of stable and complex patients as Care Coordinator as defined by the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2and to undertake the appropriate clinical and statutory responsibilities of this role.

Provide medical liaison and advice to the Primary Mental Health Support Service and local GPs on a sessional basis.

Provide supervision for the speciality doctor and core trainee, and to a Specialist Registrar if the post holder is approved as trainer and an SpR is allocated to the team.

Liaise effectively with members of the team, other services within the Health Board, general practitioners and other agencies.