WalesPsychiatryPermanentConsultant109,725 to 145,478 a year
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.
The Consultant Psychiatrist will:
- 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
The Mental Health Division provides:
- Adult Mental Health Services
- Older People's Mental Health Services
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Substance Misuse Services
- Acute psychiatric inpatient services
- Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment services
- Liaison Psychiatry services
- Multidisciplinary community and inpatient pathways
The successful candidate will join a Consultant team supporting acute admission and treatment wards within Adult Mental Health Services.
The service benefits from strong multidisciplinary working and specialist support, including:
- Dedicated nursing teams
- Healthcare support workers
- Ward administration support
- Activities coordinators
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Psychologists
- Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
- Liaison Psychiatry services
- Community Mental Health Teams
The inpatient service operates through collaborative MDT working, regular ward rounds, weekly case discussions, and integrated discharge planning.
The Consultant Psychiatrist will:
- Lead inpatient psychiatric management for acute admissions
- Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and treatment planning
- Support patient and family involvement in care decisions
- Manage patients detained under the Mental Health Act
- Provide Approved Clinician responsibilities where applicable
- Support crisis management and continuity of care pathways
- Participate in audit, governance, and service improvement meetings
- Provide out-of-hours psychiatric advice as part of the on-call rota
- Contribute to safe, effective, and recovery-focused inpatient care
The post offers strong academic and educational opportunities, including:
- Educational supervision of junior doctors
- Participation in postgraduate teaching programmes
- Undergraduate medical student teaching
- Involvement in research and development initiatives
- Participation in audit and quality improvement projects
- Opportunities for leadership and service innovation
- Access to university-linked educational resources and training facilities
The service has strong links with medical education and academic institutions across Wales.
- 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
- 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
