Job summary
This job is a unique opportunity to work as Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist/ Prison Inreach team within the Community Forensic psychiatry team, who are responsible for the management of those diagnosed with mental disorder in the criminal justice system, including those conditionally discharged from 37/41 restrictions, the bulk of whom live in supported placements. The role of the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist would be to provide psychiatric expertise, advice and leadership into the Community Forensic team.
Main duties of the job
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 forensic mental health team.
- Provide specialist assessment and clinical management of mentally ill offenders aged 18 and over referred from within the locality.
- Provide input into HMP Parc prison for adults of working age via the prison inreach team.
- Provide medical liaison and advice to the Forensic nurse practitioners and Criminal Justice liaison workers.
- Provide advice on step-down to the High dependency rehabilitation unit from Low and Medium secure units
See attached JD and supporting information
Interview date: February 21st 2024.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed.
- Play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff.
- Maintain their professional knowledge base and competency by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD) and to take part in the Wales Revalidation Process which includes annual appraisals for the purposes of revalidation.
- 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 2010.
see attached Full Detailed Job Description and supporting Documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Contribute to the management of the service by attendance at appropriate committees and meetings, by involvement in audit and by taking on specific management roles which may, from time to time, be agreed.
- Play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing and other staff.
- Maintain their professional knowledge base and competency by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD) and to take part in the Wales Revalidation Process which includes annual appraisals for the purposes of revalidation.
- 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 2010.
see attached Full Detailed Job Description and supporting Documents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration
- S.12(2) approval.
- Approved Clinician approval
- On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR if progress has been satisfactory and it is anticipated that the outcome of the final ARCP will recommend that training will be completed by the time the recommended CCT /CESR date is reached.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
- Relevant Clinical Qualification
- Welsh Approved Clinician approval
Experience
Essential
- oComprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
- oHigher training experience in psychiatry
- Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
Desirable
- oExperience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Management
Essential
- Management and administrative experience
- Ability to supervise staff effectively
Desirable
- Experience of appraising staff
- Evidence of service development
- Evidence of formal management Training
Audit and Research
Essential
- oUnderstanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
- Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality.
Desirable
- Evidence of original and relevant research in Speciality
Teaching
Essential
- oEvidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
- oEvidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching medical students
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration
- S.12(2) approval.
- Approved Clinician approval
- On Specialist Register for Psychiatry or be within six months of the anticipated CCT/CESR if progress has been satisfactory and it is anticipated that the outcome of the final ARCP will recommend that training will be completed by the time the recommended CCT /CESR date is reached.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- oAdditional relevant postgraduate qualification
- Relevant Clinical Qualification
- Welsh Approved Clinician approval
Experience
Essential
- oComprehensive training and experience in psychiatry.
- oHigher training experience in psychiatry
- Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
Desirable
- oExperience of acting as Responsible Clinician
Management
Essential
- Management and administrative experience
- Ability to supervise staff effectively
Desirable
- Experience of appraising staff
- Evidence of service development
- Evidence of formal management Training
Audit and Research
Essential
- oUnderstanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
- Evidence of having undertaken audit relevant to speciality.
Desirable
- Evidence of original and relevant research in Speciality
Teaching
Essential
- oEvidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching
- oEvidence of having delivered multi-disciplinary teaching.
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching medical students
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Keir Hardie Health Park and Ysbyty George Thomas
Mattie Collins Way
Treorchy
CF42 6YG
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
