Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disabilities inNr Pontyclun inNr Pontyclun PUBLISHED
THU 24 OCT 2024
Swansea Bay University Health Board r09YEVko
In this role, the psychiatrist will be responsible for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses related to learning disabilities, while ensuring continuity of care through collaboration with fellow consultants and community teams. The position emphasises a commitment to high-quality clinical care, patient safety, and well-being, aligning with the health board's values of caring for one another, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
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.
We are looking to recruit a Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist (locum) to join Swansea Bay University Health Board's Learning Disability Service. The successful candidate will join a team of Consultant Learning Disability Psychiatrists who cover the other geographical areas within the Learning Disabilities Division, which includes SBUHB, CTMUHB and C&VUHB regions. The post will be full time (10 programmed sessions per week).
The successful candidate will be based in Hafod Y Wennol Acute Admission and Rehabilitation Unit, Hensol, Pontylcun but will travel to various locations within their geographical area of Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Additionally, they may be required at times to travel to other locations within the health board to include LD sites managed within the Divisional geographical footprint that covers SBUHB, CTMUHB and C&VUHB.
The principal duty of this post is to provide clinical leadership to, and to be responsible for the delivery of patient care forMerthyr and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf localities.
The post holder will be part of a multi-professional team which includes Medical staff, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists. You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. The post-holder will be expected to work closely with Consultant colleagues providing unscheduled care in order to ensure continuity of the care pathways.
The post-holder will be expected to work closely with other colleagues in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health to offer a flexible service. The post-holder is expected to demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellence in clinical care, to work effectively with multi-disciplinary community teams and inpatient teams to promote the safety and well-being of patients.
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