Embark on an exciting journey as a Consultant Psychiatrist at one of the leading groundbreaking initiatives in an innovative Eating Disorder Service in Wales. Collaborate with a remarkable team of seasoned professionals from various disciplines. The Eating Disorder Psychiatry Department offers evidence-based care for Child and Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Services. The dedicated team supports patients, caregivers, and families with a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach.
The consultant post plays a crucial role in leading efficient transitions and fostering a cooperative culture among consultant psychiatrists. With a multidisciplinary team in place, the service aims to facilitate seamless transitions and align with local and national policies. Collaborative teamwork among consultant psychiatrists is essential in Adult Mental Health, and the successful candidate will have a continuing responsibility for patient care, delegation, staff training, and active participation in the planning process.
The department sits within one of the largest healthcare organisations in the UK. They are committed to the well-being and prosperity of over 900,000 individuals. Their comprehensive services cover primary, community, mental health, and acute hospital care. With esteemed specialties like Cardiac Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, and the renowned Burns Centre, they provide exceptional healthcare. They also value the vital role of primary care contractors and actively commission services from GPs, opticians, pharmacists, and dentists.
At this Health Board, professional growth and innovation thrive. They prioritise education through strong partnerships with colleges, offering valuable learning opportunities and support for exams. Their Consultant Psychiatrists engage in discussions with physicians to refine their skills and pursue areas of interest.
Life in the area is enchanting, with its captivating waterfront setting and a perfect blend of urban convenience and natural beauty. The city hosts diverse festivals, showcases talented artists, and is undergoing exciting regeneration projects. The area\'s strategic location provides excellent connectivity, with easy access to neighbouring areas, efficient transportation routes, and a well-connected railway station. Cardiff Airport is conveniently nearby for domestic and international travel.
Apply now and immerse yourself in an exceptional work environment, where professional development and a high quality of life await.
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Join a high performing inpatient department with two treatment wards as a Consultant Psychiatrist. This Mental Health Inpatient Service in Wales is supported by a collaborative multidisciplinary management team, and you will have the opportunity to drive positive change and enhance patient outcomes.
The service consists of a 20-bedded service supported by a dedicated team of nurses, healthcare support workers, a ward clerk, and an activities coordinator. The treatment ward teams benefit from specialised colleagues in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and psychology, promoting a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Collaboration among the four consultants is encouraged, with regular meetings and virtual ward rounds to prioritise cases and support high-quality care. The Service Group actively engages in service development to meet user needs and ensure excellent care delivery.
As a consultant psychiatrist, you will provide a clinical service in collaboration with colleagues, taking responsibility for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will have ongoing responsibility for the well-being of patients, while also delegating and training staff.
The service is part of one of the largest healthcare organisations in the UK, and is dedicated to delivering comprehensive healthcare services to over 900,000 individuals. With a commitment to professional growth, innovation, and collaboration, joining the health board ensures a rewarding career experience.
The Health Board offers various opportunities for professional development, including weekly postgraduate lectures, support for exam preparation, and an environment that fosters specialisation and skill refinement.
Living in the area provides a vibrant lifestyle with its waterfront setting, lively music scene, captivating festivals, and ongoing regeneration projects. The city offers excellent connectivity, convenient travel options, and access to scenic landscapes. With a surge in new businesses and investments, the area presents an exciting environment for personal and professional growth.
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An excellent Health Board in Wales is searching for a talented Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist to join a team of ten Consultant Learning Disability Psychiatrists who cover different regions within the Health Board. The Learning Disability services are currently undergoing substantial modernisation efforts, aiming to become pioneers in the field. This is an exciting opportunity for the appointed candidate to actively participate in this program.
Collaborating with Community Learning Disability Teams and Assessment and Treatment Units, the Learning Disability Psychiatry department ensures the well-being and overall health of individuals with learning disabilities. Their goal is to provide additional support and innovative approaches to meet unique needs, with a focus on helping individuals stay at home whenever possible. If hospital care is required, they offer dedicated support throughout the hospital stay to ensure a safe and smooth transition back home.
As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to provide supervision and play an active role in the education and training of medical, nursing, and other staff. The Health Board values its university status and maintains strong educational partnerships, providing access to valuable learning opportunities, exam preparation support, and skill development in areas of special interest.
The Health Board is one of the largest healthcare organisations in the UK, serving a population of over 900,000 individuals. With a budget of approximately £1 billion and a dedicated workforce of around 12,500 professionals, The Health Board is committed to advancing the well-being and prosperity of its patients.
The area is the second largest city in Wales, offers a captivating waterfront setting and a blend of urban convenience and serene coastline beauty. The city hosts a variety of festivals and live music venues, creating a vibrant cultural scene. The area enjoys excellent connectivity, with easy access to Port Talbot and Cardiff via the M4. Efficient transportation routes and a railway station provide convenient travel options, and Cardiff Airport is within reach for domestic and international flights.
As part of this health board, you will receive support for achieving CESR and Specialist Registration, making it an ideal position for overseas Consultants seeking CESR support and excellent career development in the beautiful region of Wales.
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An excellent opportunity for passionate and skilled Geriatric Medicine Consultants to join a leading service that provides a unique chance to contribute to the advancement of geriatric medicine in a collaborative environment that fosters professional growth and development. The trust has achieved an \"Outstanding\" rating from the CQC and offers support for CESR and Specialist Registration, making it an ideal choice for overseas Consultants seeking career development in a beautiful part of South West London.
The NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of approximately 320,000 individuals in South West London. It has a strong commitment to its values and encourages staff to live those values in delivering exceptional patient experiences. The trust prioritizes staff development and training, with an onsite Education Centre and a dedicated Learning and Development Team. Joining the Geriatric Medicine Department presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the expansion of services for elderly patients, including the establishment of a dedicated Frailty Unit. The department values staff satisfaction and offers various educational opportunities and involvement in training and development activities for junior doctors.
Located in an attractive \"green\" area of outer London, the borough offers a picturesque setting with abundant green spaces, a river, and three Royal Parks. It is conveniently situated with good road and rail connections to Central London and is known for its affluence, although pockets of deprivation exist within the borough. The borough is renowned for being one of the largest regional shopping centers in the Southeast, and the Royal Borough provides a wealth of leisure facilities. The area boasts excellent schools and a further education college, as well as strong links with an outstanding university.
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This is an excellent consultant opportunity for geriatricians to join a high-performing and well-regarded NHS Trust in the East of England. Applicants on the specialist register with CCT or CESR, or those not yet on the register can be considered, as the trust will support overseas candidates. The trust is the one of the largest NHS organisations in the East of England region, with their scale of size providing exciting opportunities for research, development, innovation, education and training. They have a track record of recruiting the best calibre consultants from within the UK and from overseas.
WHAT IS THE TRUST LIKE?
The trusts provides both acute hospital and community health care and was formed on 1 July 2018 from the merger of 2 of the main hospitals in the area. The new trust has nearly 10,000 staff and an annual budget in 2019/20 of over £715 million. Currently, The trust has two main acute hospitals in the East of England;
As a trust services include accident and emergency; critical care; planned medical and surgical care, consultant and midwifery-led maternity, neonatal and paediatric care; diagnostic and therapy services; and since October 2015 community hospitals and specialist community services . Community midwifery services are provided to the population of the area.
WHAT IS THE GERIATRIC DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The appointee will be joining a group of 6 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex. The department consists of 3 main clinical delivery groups - General Community – comprising Older Peoples inpatient and outpatient services, Specialist Community Services, and Integrated Therapies. The department operates a ward-based policy and have an average of 10-15 outliers on the 3 wards where the inpatient care are shared between the consultant in the department. There are rapid assessment clinics both at 2 sites offering GPs the opportunity for patients who require urgent assessment to be seen within 72 hours of referral. The department are also responsible for rapid access clinics, sub-specialty care in frailty, Orthogeriatrics, falls, and movement disorders.The older people’s physicians enjoy a close working relationship with the general physicians and there are good links with the old age psychiatry departments based at both the sites.
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THE REGION?
The county of local town are a fantastic location for doctors and their families wishing to live in the South East of England, close to London but without the high cost of living and property that is associated with life in London. You will find all the amenities required for a family in the region, with excellent schools, transport links and availability of housing both short and long term. You can live in the pretty and historic local town, or in the various little towns and villages dotted around the region. Neither urban town life or rural life is ever too far away and there is something for everyone here!
Suffolk and Essex are holiday destinations for a reason. The beautiful stretch of coastline along Suffolk and Essex offers everything from the pier and heritage of South-wold, the amusements at Clacton to sights such as Thorpeness’ House in the Clouds.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
The department supports the consultants with opportunities to support the multi-professional teaching and development along with active participation in teaching programmes for Foundation, IMT, GP, Higher Specialty Training.
Consultants on the specialist register will be given autonomy and will freedom to develop their special interests, with access to additional leadership, research and teaching duties available for those that want it.
All consultants will receive a full induction process and will be involved in clinical audit and governance.
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This is a great opportunity for any experienced physicians interested in Geriatricians working CESR or specialist registration in the UK.
An outstanding opportunity for an enthusiastic & determined Consultant in Respiratory Medicine to join a close-knit department that works together to provide the best quality of service to their patients. The department sits within the Integrated Adult Care Directorate and is part of the Cardiorespiratory Clinical Business Unit. The department is part of an NHS Trust that is busy, exciting and diverse place to work. This is a perfect chance for Consultants in Respiratory Medicine looking to grow their career in the NHS.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE NHS TRUST LIKE?
The NHS Trust was formed in August 2010 through the integration of two health services. Currently the NHS Trust employs 3,600 that provides services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. The NHS Trust strongly believe that their employees are their greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – the NHS Trust\'s way of engaging staff - they empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in their care.
The Trust provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at their two main hospitals. The NHS Trust provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the home birthing team. They also offer outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
This is a perfect time to join the NHS Trust they will provide a strong visible presence across the organisation, be a role model of good leadership and effective communication at individual, team, directorate and whole organisation level.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The Department of Respiratory Medicine is a team of five full time Consultants who are responsible for the delivery of COPD, Lung Cancer, Pleural and TB services in this Trust. The junior medical team comprise one Specialty Registrar, a Trust Grade registrar, one CMT Senior House Officer, one FY2, three FY1 doctors and a physician associate. The department has a dedicated chest x-ray facilities, and a lung function laboratory. They also have a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite that accommodates full diagnostic bronchoscopy and EBUS facilities.
The ward currently has 27 beds on one of their sites, including four negative pressure side rooms, and provides acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV). There are also 14 beds on another site. The in-patient work also involves reviewing ward referrals. The respiratory firm receives a large number of ward referrals (20-25 per week) from other medical teams. The TB caseload is 100 notifications per year. The TB team is well staffed by 4 WTE nurses & 0.6 WTE case worker to provide latent TB screening, screening for immunosuppressive therapies, direct-observed therapy, community outreach as well as inpatient support.
The post holder is expected to lead the development of an outpatient sleep and ventilation service. The post holder is expected to provide General Internal Medicine and specialist respiratory and TB medicine service; this includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department and the patient flow across the Directorate.
WHAT IS THE AREA LIKE?
Living in the area means that you will never be short of something to do! The area is a bustling area and offers a great selection of shops, restaurants, transport links and leisure facilities. The successful candidate can enjoy a jog in the local parks. There are a variety of pubs and clubs located in the town centre. Residents also have access to some excellent outdoors locations.
The area is a trendy, up-and-coming area on the road to becoming the golden town of London with the government dedicating a £5.7 billion regeneration budget to build new homes, hotels and public spaces including a new Westfield shopping centre. It’s a great place to visit and an even greater place to buy a home. Croydon is also part of London’s premier tram network. A unique way to explore the area as a visitor. Connecting to Wimbledon, Beckenham and Merton, as many as 30 million people use the tram every year.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
The NHS Trust is a teaching hospital, and works in partnership with St Georges University of London to provide the highest possible quality of medical education. Involvement in high quality research & development is strongly encouraged at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, as this supports both the delivery of high quality clinical care. The undertaking of research within a job plan should be discussed during appraisal and as part of job planning activities.
CUH offers newly appointed Consultants 4 free coaching/mentoring sessions. This is in line with the GMC’s recommendations for Good Medical Practice. The success of coaching and mentoring is aimed at establishing effective relationships with mentors based upon mutual respect, honesty and understanding, combined with structured questioning to enable the mentee to find their own solutions.
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An outstanding opportunity for an enthusiastic & determined Consultant in Respiratory Medicine to join a close-knit department that works together to provide the best quality of service to their patients. The department sits within the Integrated Adult Care Directorate and is part of the Cardiorespiratory Clinical Business Unit. The department is part of an NHS Trust that is busy, exciting and diverse place to work. This is a perfect chance for Consultants in Respiratory Medicine looking to grow their career in the NHS.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE NHS TRUST LIKE?
The NHS Trust was formed in August 2010 through the integration of two health services. Currently the NHS Trust employs 3,600 that provides services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. The NHS Trust strongly believe that their employees are their greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – the NHS Trust\'s way of engaging staff - they empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in their care.
The Trust provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at their two main hospitals. The NHS Trust provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the home birthing team. They also offer outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
This is a perfect time to join the NHS Trust they will provide a strong visible presence across the organisation, be a role model of good leadership and effective communication at individual, team, directorate and whole organisation level.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The Department of Respiratory Medicine is a team of five full time Consultants who are responsible for the delivery of COPD, Lung Cancer, Pleural and TB services in this Trust. The junior medical team comprise one Specialty Registrar, a Trust Grade registrar, one CMT Senior House Officer, one FY2, three FY1 doctors and a physician associate. The department has a dedicated chest x-ray facilities, and a lung function laboratory. They also have a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite that accommodates full diagnostic bronchoscopy and EBUS facilities.
The ward currently has 27 beds on one of their sites, including four negative pressure side rooms, and provides acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV). There are also 14 beds on another site. The in-patient work also involves reviewing ward referrals. The respiratory firm receives a large number of ward referrals (20-25 per week) from other medical teams. The TB caseload is 100 notifications per year. The TB team is well staffed by 4 WTE nurses & 0.6 WTE case worker to provide latent TB screening, screening for immunosuppressive therapies, direct-observed therapy, community outreach as well as inpatient support.
The post holder is expected to lead the development of an outpatient sleep and ventilation service. The post holder is expected to provide General Internal Medicine and specialist respiratory and TB medicine service; this includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department and the patient flow across the Directorate.
WHAT IS THE AREA LIKE?
Living in the area means that you will never be short of something to do! The area is a bustling area and offers a great selection of shops, restaurants, transport links and leisure facilities. The successful candidate can enjoy a jog in the local parks. There are a variety of pubs and clubs located in the town centre. Residents also have access to some excellent outdoors locations.
The area is a trendy, up-and-coming area on the road to becoming the golden town of London with the government dedicating a £5.7 billion regeneration budget to build new homes, hotels and public spaces including a new Westfield shopping centre. It’s a great place to visit and an even greater place to buy a home. Croydon is also part of London’s premier tram network. A unique way to explore the area as a visitor. Connecting to Wimbledon, Beckenham and Merton, as many as 30 million people use the tram every year.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
The NHS Trust is a teaching hospital, and works in partnership with St Georges University of London to provide the highest possible quality of medical education. Involvement in high quality research & development is strongly encouraged at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, as this supports both the delivery of high quality clinical care. The undertaking of research within a job plan should be discussed during appraisal and as part of job planning activities.
CUH offers newly appointed Consultants 4 free coaching/mentoring sessions. This is in line with the GMC’s recommendations for Good Medical Practice. The success of coaching and mentoring is aimed at establishing effective relationships with mentors based upon mutual respect, honesty and understanding, combined with structured questioning to enable the mentee to find their own solutions.
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An excellent NHS job opportunity for a modern and dynamic Specialty Doctor in Old Age Psychiatry to join a department that is highly focused in providing great quality healthcare to their patients. The department is part of a health board that has been around since 2003. The health board offers fresh challenges, first-rate training and development, genuine scope for career progression, along with competitive income and a work-life balance that\'s second to none! This is a perfect chance for Specialty Doctors in Old Age Psychiatry looking to grow their career in the NHS.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE HEALTH BOARD LIKE?
The Health Board was established in 2003, and became the only health board in Wales to not be dissolved under the local health boards establishment & dissolution. The health board is responsible for healthcare in Powys, which is the largest county in Wales. While this health board doesn\'t have a district general hospital, they have a network of community hospitals, local primary care teams, visiting consultants and specialists, social care and voluntary organisations who all work together to provide a wide range of health services in their local communities.
The health board has 9 community hospitals, and an integrated health and social care centre at Builth Wells, as well as clinics and services across the county. In 2019, the health board received the Welsh Government\'s Gold Corporate Health Standard award. They are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of their staff, both at work and at home. Besides providing health and wellbeing service, they also offer a range of schemes to support their staff.
The health board is committed to supporting the continued professional development of their valued workforce. They offer a wide range of in-house clinical and non-clinical training, as well as support to develop through accessing education and training through their partnerships and education providers.
WHAT IS THE AREA LIKE?
The mid-Wales county covers some 2,000 square miles, extending from the edge of Snowdonia in the North, to the Swansea Valley in the South. It is a modern and dynamic county. It has a population of 135,000. It is a vast area, but served by a network of friendly, vibrant towns, villages and rural communities. A truly great county in which to live and work, this county is often featured as being amongst the best places to live in the UK.
The county has so much to offer within its borders, yet is still very accessible to major cities around its periphery such as Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. In addition to being accessible, the county is home to many award winning restaurants! It is also one of the safest and most inspiring parts of the country. Comfortably buy the home of your dreams and enjoy the quality of life you work so hard for.
Promising incredible beauty, magical escapism and the kind of magnetism that pulls you into every inch of its character, it’s not surprising that this county is one of the happiest places to work and live.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
The Health Board is also very active in facilitating the development of junior medical staff to ensure that the medical service of the future is highly trained and effective. There are four centres for postgraduate education with Postgraduate Organisers appointed at each centre. The central Deanery in Wales is based in Cardiff and is headed by Professor Derek Gallen, Postgraduate Dean. The Health Board enjoys a close relationship with the Postgraduate Deanery and annual visits to each centre ensure that the postgraduate education taking place across the Health Board is relevant and effective.
All consultants take a full and active role in postgraduate education both by the ongoing teaching commitment to their own junior staff and also by participating fully in multidisciplinary educational events across the Health Board.
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An excellent NHS job opportunity for a modern and dynamic Consultant in Learning Disability Psychiatry to join a department that is highly focused in providing great quality healthcare to their patients. The health board offers fresh challenges, first-rate training and development, genuine scope for career progression, along with competitive income and a work-life balance that\'s second to none! This is a perfect chance for Consultants in Learning Disability Psychiatry looking to grow their career in the NHS.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE HEALTH BOARD LIKE?
The Health Board was established in 2003 and is responsible for healthcare in Powys, which is the largest county in Wales. While this health board doesn\'t have a district general hospital, they have a network of community hospitals, local primary care teams, visiting consultants and specialists, social care and voluntary organisations who all work together to provide a wide range of health services in their local communities.
The health board has 9 community hospitals, and an integrated health and social care centre at Builth Wells, as well as clinics and services across the county. In 2019, the health board received the Welsh Government\'s Gold Corporate Health Standard award. They are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of their staff, both at work and at home. Besides providing health and wellbeing service, they also offer a range of schemes to support their staff.
The health board is committed to supporting the continued professional development of their valued workforce. They offer a wide range of in-house clinical and non-clinical training, as well as support to develop through accessing education and training through their partnerships and education providers.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The service provides specialist healthcare services for adults with learning disability for the population of 140,000 total population. Community services are provided by multi-disciplinary Community Learning Disability Teams located in the 5 local authorities’ bases within the county. The CLDTs are co-located with social services and have close organisational links.
The service has developed links with primary and secondary care. There are also close links facilitated by being part of a Mental Health and LD Division, with Adult Mental Health. Work is currently being undertaken to ensure smooth working across specialities through the development of care pathways for interface issues.
The post holder is expected to provide outpatient care throughout the county and to play a full and active role in the community teams. The post holder is expected to lead medical responsibility for an area of clinical governance. The post holder is expected to lead on service development within a particular area of service.
The Health Board is also very active in facilitating the development of junior medical staff to ensure that the medical service of the future is highly trained and effective. There are four centres for postgraduate education with Postgraduate Organisers appointed at each centre. The central Deanery in Wales is based in Cardiff and is headed by Professor Derek Gallen, Postgraduate Dean. The Health Board enjoys a close relationship with the Postgraduate Deanery and annual visits to each centre ensure that the postgraduate education taking place across the Health Board is relevant and effective.
All consultants take a full and active role in postgraduate education both by the ongoing teaching commitment to their own junior staff and also by participating fully in multidisciplinary educational events across the Health Board.
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An excellent NHS job opportunity for a modern and dynamic Specialty Doctor in Genera Adult Psychiatry to join a department that is highly focused in providing great quality healthcare to their patients. The department is part of a health board that has been around since 2003. The health board offers fresh challenges, first-rate training and development, genuine scope for career progression, along with competitive income and a work-life balance that\'s second to none! This is a perfect chance for Specialty Doctors in General Adult Psychiatry looking to grow their career in the NHS.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE HEALTH BOARD LIKE?
The Health Board was established in 2003, and is responsible for healthcare in Powys, which is the largest county in Wales. While this health board doesn\'t have a district general hospital, they have a network of community hospitals, local primary care teams, visiting consultants and specialists, social care and voluntary organisations who all work together to provide a wide range of health services in their local communities.
The health board has 9 community hospitals, and an integrated health and social care centre at Builth Wells, as well as clinics and services across the county. In 2019, the health board received the Welsh Government\'s Gold Corporate Health Standard award. They are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of their staff, both at work and at home. Besides providing health and wellbeing service, they also offer a range of schemes to support their staff.
The health board is committed to supporting the continued professional development of their valued workforce. They offer a wide range of in-house clinical and non-clinical training, as well as support to develop through accessing education and training through their partnerships and education providers.
The Health Board is also very active in facilitating the development of junior medical staff to ensure that the medical service of the future is highly trained and effective. There are four centres for postgraduate education with Postgraduate Organisers appointed at each centre. The central Deanery in Wales is based in Cardiff and is headed by Professor Derek Gallen, Postgraduate Dean. The Health Board enjoys a close relationship with the Postgraduate Deanery and annual visits to each centre ensure that the postgraduate education taking place across the Health Board is relevant and effective.
All consultants take a full and active role in postgraduate education both by the ongoing teaching commitment to their own junior staff and also by participating fully in multidisciplinary educational events across the Health Board.
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This NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking for a Specialist Psychiatrist with experience in Old Age or geriatric Psychiatry. This is an outstanding opportunity for experienced Psychiatrists looking to grow their career in the NHS. This NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the \"Mental Health Trust of the Year\" in 2021 by the Health Service Journal. In addition, this NHS Foundation Trust is currently in a merger with the another excellent Trust, which will create a new, single organisation that can ensure a better mental health & physical health services for the population they serve, and helping people to enjoy healthier live with improved access to the specialist care & treatment, when needed.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST LIKE?
Formed on the 1st of April 2020, the NHS Foundation Trust is on a mission to deliver outstanding care through a culture of listening, learning and continuous improvement. They aim to provide the right care for their patients, carers, colleagues and communities. The NHS Trust provides mental health services to all age ranges and supports people with a range of mental health problems whether they are mild, moderate or severe. In 2019, the NHS Trust received more than £13 million of funding to help transform adult mental health services. This funding means we can work more closely with GPs and address patients’ mental health problems much earlier.
The NHS Foundation Trust\'s merger with another excellent NHS Foundation Trust will enable better support & care for the health and needs of the population, as well as to provide consistent and accessible services across the county, as one merged organisation. The NHS Trust will be running community services, mental health and learning disability services across the county. The NHS Trust employs over 9,000 people who deliver support for the patient services. In addition to providing a wide range of patient services, we also contribute to training the next generation of nurses, doctors and therapists and conduct research that will help to advance clinical practice and treatments in the future.
The NHS Foundation Trust support children and young people’s mental health through their schools projects across Somerset, and their child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). For adults, we offer a range of community-based mental health services. For those with more serious health needs, our community mental health teams offer specialist care to support recovery. Patients who require intensive, daily support and who may otherwise be likely to be admitted to in-patient care are seen in our home treatment service.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The Service is divided into four Teams, and there is also a Central County Wide Memory Assessment service (which undertakes much of the MAS work) and also a County Wide Intensive Dementia Support Service IDSS (which acts as a Crisis/Home Treatment Team for those with Dementia). The community mental health teams and memory services provide psychiatric community care to patients over the age of 65. There is also a much smaller group of patients under 65 years of age, with primary dementias who are also cared for by the older adults’ community mental health team.
The multi disciplinary team includes medical, nursing, Psychology, OT with clinical support workers and admin support staff. The overall team provides CMHT, MAS and Specialised Day Hospital services. The two services area covers GP practices in four towns and equates to approximately 11,000 patients over the age of 65 (CCG figures December 2017). The community mental health teams are part of wider integrated teams. Each team is co located with staff from district nursing and the integrated rehabilitation team (community OT and Physiotherapists).
The post holder will hold regular clinics, as well as undertaking domiciliary visits when required. The post holder will provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health needs of community patients in their community area, and work closely with the community teams to provide effective multidisciplinary collaborative care: this will include availability for consultation, regularly attending team meetings and providing case discussion and advice at the request of team members and / or team managers.
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THE REGION?
Nestled in the heart of The South West of England, the area has diverse shopping, restaurants, and regularly hosts international music and sporting fixtures. It is located between various areas of outstanding natural beauty and the idyllic rolling hills of Exmoor, featuring national hotspots for cycling, surfing, and climbing such as Cheddar Gorge. There’s plenty to keep you occupied alongside the abundance of music festivals and local traditions. Taunton offers close proximity to both the beaches of North Devon and Cornwall, while also being less than two hours from the city of London.
The region also offers some of the best schools in the country. Ranging from public institutions such as Millfield, Queens College, Taunton School, Kings College, Wellington School, and Blundell’s, to award winning state schools such as the Richard Huish College, which was ranked in the top 10 of A-level providers nationally for the last eight years.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
There is real opportunity to progress through CESR at pace at this trust, with a strong desire for newly-qualified consultants to develop their specialty areas of interest and undertake in various cancer trials and research projects where possible. Research is encouraged here, particularly when this is appropriate to professional development and to the service development of the department. Opportunities are available with applications for funding co-ordinated by the Trusts Medical Directors and clinical trial recruitment to International, National and Regional trials is active in all tumour sites. This trust was also rated as an area of Outstanding Practice by CQC (2016), and with the highest GMC score in the South West for training.
If you are a new consultant you will receive mentoring and support from medical leads as well as access to a large peer group of enthusiastic and high-caliber Consultants.
This NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking for a Consultant in Inpatient Adult Psychiatry. This is an outstanding opportunity for experienced Psychiatrists looking to grow their career in the NHS. This NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the \"Mental Health Trust of the Year\" in 2021 by the Health Service Journal. In addition, this NHS Foundation Trust is currently in a merger with the another excellent Trust, which will create a new, single organisation that can ensure a better mental health & physical health services for the population they serve, and helping people to enjoy healthier live with improved access to the specialist care & treatment, when needed.
The post is suitable for candidates holding specialisation in the EEA, or for experienced IMGs looking to complete CESR.
WHAT IS THE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST LIKE?
Formed on the 1st of April 2020, the NHS Foundation Trust is on a mission to deliver outstanding care through a culture of listening, learning and continuous improvement. They aim to provide the right care for their patients, carers, colleagues and communities. The NHS Trust provides mental health services to all age ranges and supports people with a range of mental health problems whether they are mild, moderate or severe. In 2019, the NHS Trust received more than £13 million of funding to help transform adult mental health services. This funding means we can work more closely with GPs and address patients’ mental health problems much earlier.
The NHS Foundation Trust\'s merger with another excellent NHS Foundation Trust will enable better support & care for the health and needs of the population, as well as to provide consistent and accessible services across the county, as one merged organisation. The NHS Trust will be running community services, mental health and learning disability services across the county. The NHS Trust employs over 9,000 people who deliver support for the patient services. In addition to providing a wide range of patient services, we also contribute to training the next generation of nurses, doctors and therapists and conduct research that will help to advance clinical practice and treatments in the future.
The NHS Foundation Trust support children and young people’s mental health through their schools projects across Somerset, and their child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). For adults, we offer a range of community-based mental health services. For those with more serious health needs, our community mental health teams offer specialist care to support recovery. Patients who require intensive, daily support and who may otherwise be likely to be admitted to in-patient care are seen in our home treatment service.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT & TEAM LIKE?
The Department is a 14 bedded ward which admits adults of working age. The district covers a largely rural area of 285 square miles with a population of approximately 114,000. There are 275 admissions per 100,000 adult population in Somerset. Over the last three years there was an average of 223 admissions per year with bed occupancy being lower than the national average. The majority of the patients admitted were given a diagnosis of a psychotic illness, followed by a mood disorder and then personality disorders.
The post holder will be part of the team which consists of a ward manager 0.5WTE, a deputy ward manager 1WTE, a trainee doctor 1.WTE, a medical secretary 0.4WTE, a ward administrator 1.0WTE, a ward psychologist 0.5WTE, three occupational therapists, 11 staff nurses, 17 health care assistants, and 6 service assistants.
The post holder will also be responsible for conducting Mental Health Act assessments for adults of working age admitted to the ward. Other Mental Health Act assessments for adults of working age in Mendip will fall to the community adult consultant psychiatrists. The post holder may be invited to contribute.
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THE REGION?
Nestled in the heart of the South West of England the region has diverse shopping, restaurants, and regularly hosts international music and sporting fixtures. It is located between various areas of outstanding natural beauty and the idyllic rolling hills of Exmoor, featuring national hotspots for cycling, surfing, and climbing such as Cheddar Gorge. There’s plenty to keep you occupied alongside the abundance of music festivals and local traditions. Taunton offers close proximity to both the beaches of North Devon and Cornwall, while also being less than two hours from the city of London.
The region also offers some of the best schools in the country.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU?
There is real opportunity to progress through CESR at pace at this trust, with a strong desire for newly-qualified consultants to develop their specialty areas of interest and undertake in various cancer trials and research projects where possible. Research is encouraged here, particularly when this is appropriate to professional development and to the service development of the department. Opportunities are available with applications for funding co-ordinated by the Trusts Medical Directors and clinical trial recruitment to International, National and Regional trials is active in all tumour sites. This trust was also rated as an area of Outstanding Practice by CQC (2016), and with the highest GMC score in the South West for training.
If you are a new consultant you will receive mentoring and support from medical leads as well as access to a large peer group of enthusiastic and high-caliber Consultants.