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Rehabilitation Consultant

Job Details

Published
Location
Swansea
Role Type
Temporary
Salary
Negotiable
Job Ref: HQ030HNM_1732564310

Client Name: Swansea Bay University Health Board
Role: Rehabilitation Consultant
Location: Swansea

Benefits:

  • First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
  • Competitive pay rates
  • A dedicated placement officer
  • Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
  • Hundreds of new shifts available every day
  • Long term jobs and short shifts available
  • Lucrative referral scheme
  • Revalidation support
  • 24/7/365 service, we're available when you need us

Are you a registered Psychiatric Doctor looking for a new challenge where you can put your in-depth mental health training to use every day? Medacs Healthcare is looking for medical professionals who are passionate about, and experienced in, the science of psychiatry.

Working flexible shifts at Cefn Coed Hospital, you will diagnose and treat patients with a wide range of mental health, behavioural and emotional disorders in the role of Psychiatric Doctor.

The setting in which you are based will be wide-ranging too. As a Psychiatric Doctor you may be based in either inpatients or outpatients at Cefn Coed Hospital, or rehabilitation environments. You may need to visit your patients in residential care, prisons, schools, or in their own homes.


We are keen to speak with talented individuals who are enthusiastic about the prospect of helping people to overcome and/or manage the full range of mental health problems.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as a Rehabilitation Consultant, you will have:

  • Experience of working in a Psychiatrics/mental health role
  • In depth knowledge of current mental health theory and treatments
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to listen carefully to patients
  • Empathy
  • Resilience and the ability to keep some emotional distance from cases/patients
  • First-class analytical skills
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and in heated situations
  • Good teamworking skills and able to provide clear instruction to co-workers

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a Rehabilitation Consultant with Swansea Bay University Health Board you will:

  • Work with patients experiencing a range of mental health problems
  • Assess and evaluate patients
  • Analyse data and test results to form accurate diagnoses
  • Create appropriate and bespoke treatment plans for patients
  • Effectively communicate plans of action to other team members (i.e., nursing staff, social workers, etc.)
  • Ensure consistency throughout the duration of treatment
  • Prescribe and administer medications
  • Recognise signs of conditions worsening and intervene where people are at risk of self-harming or hurting others
  • Keep patient records and medical histories updated
  • Uphold the highest standards of practice and care and act as a professional representative of your organisation
  • Research your specialist area(s) and remain up to date with the latest medical guidelines
  • Promote health and wellbeing best practices

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical degree
  • Full registration with the GMC
  • A full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check


A job as a Psychiatric Doctor is a position with a huge amount of responsibility, but also reward as you change and improve the lives of patients and their families. If the above skills sound like you, why not apply for one of our Psychiatric Doctor roles today?

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