Specialty Doctor Perinatal Psychiatry in Penarth

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 include 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 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 funding 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 and 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 focused 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 include:

• 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.