FT Senior Clinical Fellow (LAS) in Forensic Psychiatry in Aberkenfig

Do you share our Health Board values Caring for each other Working together Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

We have an exciting opportunity for a FT Senior Clinical Fellow ( LAS) in Forensic Psychiatry to join the Forensic department based in Glanrhyd Hospital in Bridgend to commence on 5th August 2026 until 19th April 2027 only to provide cover for a vacant training post. This post will form part of the Non Resident rota.

We have close links with Swansea University and other University College partners in South Wales especially in the areas of research & development and multi-professional teaching.

We place great emphasis on continuous professional development and will actively support you in the development and achievement of personal goals.

Main duties of the job

This post is aimed at ST Higher level. The post-holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in Forensic Mental Health. We encourage uptake of training opportunities and will support relevant courses for the candidate's education and training needs.

The successful candidates will work together with the wider clinical team of Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Junior Doctors and other Allied Health Professionals to provide high quality, safe and effective clinical care. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team. Applicants must hold Full GMC registration with a licence to practise or show evidence that it will be issued by start date. We are not able to sponsor candidates for GMC registration.

Even though the posts will not be recognised for training the successful candidates will have the opportunity to attend teaching and participate in audit, quality improvement and research projects where possible similar to the Wales Deanery Trainees. The successful candidates will also have dedicated educational supervisor. These posts will participate on the medical on call rota and have similar responsibilities to the training grades. There is a study leave budget available and associated funding will be considered by the Medical Director Office and approved for educational opportunities.

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCPsych examination by offer date

Desirable

• Additional related qualifications e.g., BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent (not including intercalated BSc or 'Honorary' MA)

Clinical skills - clinical knowledge & expertise

Essential

• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need.
• Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge base and sound clinical judgement.
• Demonstrates ability in basic skills of history taking examination (mental and physical) and synthesis of findings.
• Demonstrates basic psychotherapeutic skills

Research, Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice
• Capacity to critically appraise research in psychiatry

Desirable

• Research, Audit and Quality Improvement
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g., degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
• Evidence of involvement in an audit project, a quality improvement project, formal research project
• Understanding of service-user contribution to and perspective of audit and research Teaching:
• Evidence of interest in, and experience of, teaching
• Evidence of feedback for teaching

Personal skills

Essential

• Communication skills:
• Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate.
• Able to build rapport and engage others in open/equal dialogue, actively listen, persuade and negotiate.
• Appropriate use of non-verbal communication
• Judgement and Problem Solving:
• Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions.
• Ability to integrate a range of information and facts to form an initial hypothesis.
• Capacity to work effectively with ambiguous and conflicting information.
• Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with an analytical/scientific, yet flexible approach.
• Capacity to take a holistic approach to problem solving, considering a range of alternatives and approaches.
• Empathy and sensitivity:
• Capacity and motivation to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding.
• Ability to see patients as people with an awareness of their needs and wishes.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of acting compassionately towards patients and their families.
• Consideration and sensitivity to the importance of understanding and respecting patients' cultural values and practices
• Working as Part of a Team: oUnderstanding of the importance of integrated clinical care
• Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams and across agencies.
• Ability to show leadership, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members, for the benefit of patients through, for example, audit and quality improvement projects.
• Capacity to work cooperatively and effectively with others.
• Exchange knowledge effectively between team members.
• Understanding of the importance of each team members' role and what can be learnt from them.
• Ability to take accountability for one's decisions.
• Capacity to exchange knowledge effectively between team members
• Ability to effectively consult with other physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Leadership
• Capacity to take the lead in diagnosis and prognosis.
• Capacity to take responsibility for patient care appropriately.
• Willingness to be held accountable when operating as part of a team.
• Capacity to effectively delegate to others when appropriate.
• Ability to supervise junior medical staff.
• The confidence to challenge the viewpoints of others.
• Capacity to build relationships and motivate team members in order to get the best out of others.

Desirable

• Communication skills: oCapacity to use effective interview skills.
• Ability to engage the patient and motivate them to change.
• Empathy and sensitivity:
• Capacity to collect patient history with sensitivity and care.
• Ability to be empathic but not become emotionally attached
• Empathy and sensitivity:
• Capacity to collect patient history with sensitivity and care.
• Ability to be empathic but not become emotionally attached
• Organisation and planning:
• Recognition of the need for efficient and equitable use of resources
• Organisation and planning:
• Recognition of the need for efficient and equitable use of resources
• Other:
• Evidence of achievement outside medicine
• Evidence of altruistic behaviour, e.g., voluntary work
• Evidence of organisational skills - not necessarily in medicine, e.g., grant or bursary applications, organisation of a university club, sports section, etc.

Commitment to specialty - learning and personal development

Essential

• Demonstrates interest and realistic insight into psychiatry and mental health.
• Shows initiative/drive/enthusiasm (self-starter, motivated, shows curiosity, initiative) for the specialty.
• Interest in working closely with people and helping others
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Demonstrates interest and realistic insight into psychiatry and mental health.
• Demonstrable interest in, and understanding of, the specialty.
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme(s)
• Evidence of self-reflective practice

Desirable

• Extracurricular activities / achievements/ interest and realistic insight relevant to psychiatry