Specialty Doctor in Older Peoples Mental Health in Neath

Main area: Older Peoples Mental Health

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 10 sessions per week (Full time, 10 Sessions only, no on-call commitment)

Job ref: 130-37660143-260226

Employer: Swansea Bay University Health Board

Site: Ty Garngoch, Town: Swansea

Salary: £62,117 - £99,216 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 12/03/2026 23:59

OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:

• Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
• Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first.
• Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

The department of Older People Mental Health based in Ty Garngoch, Swansea are looking for an enthusiastic Specialty Doctor to join their team to provide mental health services to Older Adults within the Area 4 sector. The successful candidate will need to be able to assess, diagnose and manage common psychiatric conditions including dementia, mood disorders and psychosis in the older adult population. To be able to identify delirium and other physical health conditions that impact on patients' mental health. To be able to complete MHA assessments as a section 12 approved doctor. Be able to perform and interpret ECGs. Conduct thorough risk assessments in order to safely manage patients.

Main duties of the job

You will provide 8 sessions of direct clinical care and have 2 sessions for supporting professional activities. You will be based, along with the Consultant, at Ty Garngoch, a modern purpose-built facility for Swansea residents. Clinical duties involve the assessment, investigation and management of older adults with dementia and functional psychiatric disorders, as well as those individuals presenting with younger onset dementias. Your working week is split between out-patient and community work including home visits as well as ward round support to the Consultant as needed. This will include work related to use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. A draft job plan is as detailed in Appendix 1. There is no on-call commitment associated with this post, but this could be available as part of the wider psychiatric on-call rota should you wish. You will be expected to participate in the management of the department in the absence of the Consultant and in the interest of the smooth running of the Mental Health Services. You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals.

Working for our organisation

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. Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings and other community settings. We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals. 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional unforeseen circumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department. Where such duties take place outside your normal contracted duties, you will receive either an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately. You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals. You will be responsible for undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• MB BS or recognised equivalent
• 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training programme in psychiatry.
• MRCPsych or equivalent

Experience

• Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
• Working as part of the management team
• Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
• Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
• Experience of research
• Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems.
• Section 12(2) recognition (MHA)

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
• Experience of the assessment of emergencies
• Clinical Skills

Personal Attributes

• Driving License/ability to travel between sites

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post. Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers. Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or age. The Health Board is a Two Tick Disability Symbol user and is committed to fulfilling the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Applications are welcomed from Disabled persons and a disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability as defined by the DDA please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a position will be invited to interview.