Job Description

The consultant will be a leader within perinatal services locally. This will involve attendance at the Hywel Dda UHB Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Steering Group and Wales Perinatal Mental Health Network meetings. It is particularly important to increase awareness understanding of perinatal mental health throughout the region. The consultant will be expected to work alongside the wider perinatal team to lead on improvements in this area. Close liaison and creating good relationships with other mental health services, obstetrics, paediatrics, primary care and children services will be a vital part of this.



The consultant will hold responsibility for all of the parents on the caseload of the Hywel Dda UHB PMHS. They will be expected to provide advice and assessments when needed.



The post holder will be provided with an office based Ty Myddfai. The post holder will share an allocated medical secretary with Perinatal Team.

The target patient group includes:

Women who are moderately or severely mentally ill during pregnancy and within nine months of childbirth. This will be extended up to 24 months as the capacity of the service increases. Women with a past history of psychotic or other severe mental illness for preventative advice and/or interventions. Women with a maternal history of Bipolar affective disorder or psychotic illness for preventative advice and/or interventions. For women with less severe or disabling antenatal and postnatal illnesses the service also provides consultation and advice to other professionals.

The service accepts referrals from midwives, health visitors, obstetricians, GPs, psychiatric services, and other health care professionals. Referrals taken via telephone through the team duty system with the option of further discussion in the weekly MDT. Accepted referrals are then assessed through a screening clinic where those accepted by the service are allocated to a practitioner. Those not found to meet the referral criteria will be offered advice and consultation.



Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, inc luding our volunteers, through:



Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and With ybush General in Haverfordwest ; Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron , Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Re source Centre in Pembrokeshire; 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only p roviders and 11 health centres; Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services; Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

For full details of the role requirements please see attached and Person Specification for this vacancy.



Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.