Specialty Doctor in Liaison Psychiatry

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All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.

Job overview
This post is a Specialty Doctor post in liaison psychiatry at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. This post is within the Consultant led Cwm Taf Liaison Service.
The post can be full time, maximum part time or job share by negotiation.
Full Details on attached JD and Person specification
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply., The post holder will be expected to:
+ Provide senior clinical input to the assessment and management of patients referred to the service.
+ Full Details on attached JD and Person specification, + Work with other members of the clinical team to review referred patients and advise on management.
+ Participate in and contribute to regular team meetings.
+ Facilitate post discharge reviews when appropriate, supervised by the consultant psychiatrist. This may involve liaison with local CMHT services, General Practitioners and non-NHS care settings.
+ Liaise and communicate effectively with members of the team, other teams and services within the Directorate, other hospital departments and with external agencies (including, but not restricted to, General Practitioners, Social Services. And other Services) by whatever means are appropriate.
+ Maintain appropriate clinical records and undertake necessary correspondence and administration.
+ Support the team with routine administrative duties.
+ Write reports as required.
Full Details on attached JD and Person specification

Working for our organisation
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.