# Consultant Psychiatrist in Acute Care (Aneurin Ward)

> 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:** £106,000 - £154,760 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-04-22T16:30:37.195Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Conwy/Bangor/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board/General_Adult_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Psychiatry-v7148754
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7148754?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Motivation

**Essential**

- Evidence of commitment and enthusiasm to provide specialist adult mental health services.

### Eligibility

**Essential**

- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of completing CCT.
- CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
- Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

**Desirable**

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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

**Desirable**

- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- 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.

**Desirable**

- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of community psychiatric practice.

### Teaching and Training

**Essential**

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

**Desirable**

- Experience of teaching medical students.

### Welsh Language Requirements

**Essential**

- The ability to communicate in Welsh

## Documents

- [mhld welcome letter (pdf, 833.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9376523)
- [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)
- [values and proud to lead (pdf, 335.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1139)
- [nhs north wales - the right choice (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2075)
- [occupational health requirements (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9390428)
- [welsh job description and personal specification (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9390430)
- [english job description and personal specification (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9390429)

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