# Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Links Centre > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-links-centre/4f8adc86-ad54-4ff1-8096-2a89baceebed - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-links-centre/4f8adc86-ad54-4ff1-8096-2a89baceebed.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £114,099 - £166,585 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T15:31:07.826Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/General_Adult_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Psychiatry-v8053430 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8053430?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry within the South East area of Cardiff. The post holder will act as Responsible Clinician to clients cared for by the neighbourhood services who are in-patients or in the community under the Mental Health Act 1983 and in accordance with the Wales Mental Health Measure. The post holder will manage both community and in-patients but they are supported by a Consultant colleague in the Crisis Service who manages the early part of acute admissions (up to 14 days). Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements. Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview. Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full.  In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work closely with the other Consultant Psychiatrist and Specialty Doctor posts based in the team. The CMHT covers the neighbourhoods of Roath, Splott, Cathays, and the City Centre with a combined population of 40,743. The CMHT is based in Cardiff Royal Infirmary. A weekly multidisciplinary referral meeting is held in which referrals are discussed and individual care pathways are agreed. A weekly MDT is held at which assessments are presented, complex cases are discussed and in-patients are reviewed. There are an average of 85 new referrals a month which are screened and allocated, with the majority being seen initially by non-medical members of the team or signposted to appropriate agencies. The number of inpatients vary and are currently accommodated in the new purpose-built Acute Adult Inpatient Unit Hafan Y Coed at University Hospital Llandough which also has a high care ward where patients may be accommodated if needed. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services. Academic interests will be encouraged; research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University’s School of Medicine will be expected. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents. ## Job Details Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry within the South East area of Cardiff. The post holder will act as Responsible Clinician to clients cared for by the neighbourhood services who are in-patients or in the community under the Mental Health Act 1983 and in accordance with the Wales Mental Health Measure. The post holder will manage both community and in-patients but they are supported by a Consultant colleague in the Crisis Service who manages the early part of acute admissions (up to 14 days). Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements. Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview. Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee. ## Job Description The post holder will work closely with the other Consultant Psychiatrist and Specialty Doctor posts based in the team. The CMHT covers the neighbourhoods of Roath, Splott, Cathays, and the City Centre with a combined population of 40,743. The CMHT is based in Cardiff Royal Infirmary. A weekly multidisciplinary referral meeting is held in which referrals are discussed and individual care pathways are agreed. A weekly MDT is held at which assessments are presented, complex cases are discussed and in-patients are reviewed. There are an average of 85 new referrals a month which are screened and allocated, with the majority being seen initially by non-medical members of the team or signposted to appropriate agencies. The number of inpatients vary and are currently accommodated in the new purpose-built Acute Adult Inpatient Unit Hafan Y Coed at University Hospital Llandough which also has a high care ward where patients may be accommodated if needed. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services. Academic interests will be encouraged; research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University’s School of Medicine will be expected. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working - Effective and demonstrable communication skills ### Research **Essential** - Evidence of active research interests ### Teaching **Essential** - Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors ### Experience **Essential** - Comprehensive training and experience in Psychiatry including in-patient and community work **Desirable** - Psychotherapy experience ### Management **Essential** - Evidence of effective leadership skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT/CESR (Combined Programme) due within 6 months of interview date - Eligible for Approved Clinician (Wales) status **Desirable** - MRCPsych ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Evidence of participation in audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice - Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent) ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 360.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10343089) - [occupational health (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10343090) - [data protection privacy notice (m&d) (pdf, 423.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1407) - [guidance for applicants - medical & dental (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1092) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (welsh) (pdf, 6.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2176) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (english) (pdf, 7.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1094) - [important information - medical & dental consultant applicants (pdf, 117.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1721) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.