Job summary
The Adult Mental Health Directorate is responsible for providing a comprehensive range of mental health services to Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan (population of 498,571 served). The Directorate focuses its services on individuals aged between 16 and 65 years of age with severe and/or enduring mental health problems. Services have been organised within the context of eight discrete neighbourhoods within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, each neighbourhood served by its own CMHT. The three Vale CMHTs have been merged into one larger Locality Team.

In-patient facilities are located at Hafan Y Coed Unit at University Hospital Llandough and at other locations around Cardiff. The post holder may be required to work at any of these units. Liaison work with other hospitals in the catchment area may be necessary from time to time

Main duties of the job
This post entails caring for women with mental health problems throughout the perinatal period i.e. in pregnancy and up to the first year postnatal throughout Cardiff and Vale UHB. It is possible that in the future this may be extended to the second year postnatal and involve more work with the family as a whole and greater consideration of infant mental health. The team works closely with maternity services and health visiting and also is part of the Managed Clinical Network of Perinatal Mental Health Services across Wales. The community service has gradually developed over the last 21 years and was greatly boosted by monies from the Welsh Government given to all Health Boards across Wales to develop or improve Perinatal Mental Health Services. The perinatal mental health service has developed strong working relationships between the different professions and the multi-disciplinary team is supportive and the Perinatal Psychiatry role is highly valued.

About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities
Monday
AM

PM

Tuesday
AM

PM

Wednesday
AM
1 DCC
4
MDT meeting
PM
1 DCC
4
Perinatal medication clinic
Thursday
AM
1 DCC
4
Perinatal clinical work- caseload contacts
PM
1 DCC
4
Perinatal clinical work- caseload contacts
Friday
AM
1 SPA
4
CPD
Teaching
Audit/Governance
PM
1 DCC
4
Urgent or planned reviews
Patient related admin

Person Specification
Essential

• Eligible for full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• MBBS or recognised equivalent
• Four years' full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty, OR equivalent experience / competencies
• experience of assessing emergencies

Desirable

• Assessment of emergencies

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).