Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Motivation
Evidence of commitment and enthusiasm to provide specialist adult mental health services.
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligibility
Included on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of completing CCT.
- Eligibility
CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Eligibility
Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Eligibility
Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Research/Audit
Proven capability to initiate and undertake original work.
- Research/Audit
Evidence of having undertaken a relevant audit project.
- Clinical Skills
Evidence of training in the core and specialist competencies for community psychiatry.
- Teaching and Training
Evidence of having delivered postgraduate teaching.
- Teaching and Training
Evidence of having delivered multidisciplinary teaching.
- Welsh Language Requirements
The ability to communicate in Welsh
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Qualifications
MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- Qualifications
Welsh AC Approval.
- Research/Audit
Evidence of research in community mental health care.
- Clinical Skills
Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Clinical Skills
Experience of community psychiatric practice.
- Teaching and Training
Experience of teaching medical students.
Job overview
The Acute Care Service is fully developed and includes Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), one male and one female inpatient ward and a Home Treatment Teams (HTT) for Gwynedd and Anglesey. Acute services are currently clinically led by one Responsible Clinician (RC) for each of the two acute inpatient wards and one RC covering PICU and HTT. This post will cover the Hergest Male Inpatient ward providing a substantive consultant led acute care service for the 2 counties.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have direct clinical responsibility (RC) for all female inpatients (except functional OPMH patients) during the course of their admission on the 17-bedded Aneurin Ward, Hergest Unit
Clinical management for all female inpatients on Aneurin Ward at Hergest Unit including covering the Mental Health Act related roles as Responsible Clinician for the duration of their inpatient stay.
Attend the daily Acute Care Meeting to discuss matters of patient flow, delayed discharges and potential discharges. The meeting is held every morning and tends to last 15-30 minutes.
Management of complex cases in collaboration with HTT and the community CMHTs.
Clinical leadership within Acute Care setting.
Develop care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence based treatment and effectiveness
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Consultant Psychiatrist in Acute Care (Aneurin Ward) with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in St Asaph, Wales. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £106,000 - £154,760 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Nov 2026.
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