# Consultant Psychiatrist (Home Treatment & Psychiatric Intensive Care)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- **Town:** Bangor
- **Region:** North Wales
- **Country:** Wales
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £110,240 - £160,951 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-10-01T10:45:38.397Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Conwy/Bangor/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board/General_Adult_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Psychiatry-v7515450
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7515450?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Hergest Unit, Bangor consists of six beds and admits patients according to the national guidelines from across North Wales.  The ward is fully staffed and there is input from professionals other than nurses, such as Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.

The Home Treatment Team (HTT) is also based at Hergest Unit and is a well-established team, covering Anglesey, North Gwynedd and parts of West Conwy.  The total population is around 150 000.  On average the team holds a caseload of around 15 patients.  They work closely with the local Community Mental Health Teams in accordance with the HTT Operational Policy, which has been accepted by the colleagues and the Acute Care Forum.

A full-time middle grade doctor is allocated to support the post holder in covering the PICU and HTT.

### Main duties of the job

3 sessions Direct Clinical Care – PICU

The post holder will take clinical responsibility, including acting as Responsible Clinician for the patients admitted to the PICU in Bangor.  This is a regional service and may accept admissions from all over North Wales.

The post holder will be a reference point for the multi-disciplinary teams taking an active part in ensuring that assessment, treatment and review procedures are consistent and of high quality.

4 sessions Direct Clinical Care – HTT

The post holder will take clinical responsibility, including acting as Responsible Clinician for the patients accepted by the HTT in Bangor.  The post holder will be working as part of the multi-disciplinary team taking an active part in ensuring that assessment, treatment and review procedures are consistent and of high quality.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Personal Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click ‘Apply Now’ to view in Trac.

## Person Specification

### Eligibility

**Essential**

- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

**Desirable**

- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
- Welsh AC Approval.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- 12/2 Approval
- AC Approval (or eligible for approval)
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

**Desirable**

- Post graduate Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Welsh AC Approval

### Research/Audit

**Essential**

- Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
- Evidence of having undertaken a relevant audit project.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of research in community mental health care.

### Clinical Skills

**Essential**

- Evidence of training in the core and specialist competencies for community psychiatry.
- General medical skills
- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team.

**Desirable**

- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team.

### Teaching and Training

**Essential**

- Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching.
- Evidence of having delivered multidisciplinary teaching.

**Desirable**

- Experience of teaching medical students.

## Documents

- [welcome letter (pdf, 833.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9765341)
- [welsh language matrix (pdf, 134.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2220)
- [betsi cadwaladr relocation (pdf, 6.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2818)
- [bilingual job description (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9765338)
- [values and behaviour framework (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2937)
- [bilingual personal specification (pdf, 456.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9765339)
- [nhs north wales - the right choice (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2075)
- [occupational health requirements (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9765340)

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