The Cavan Monaghan Area Mental Health Service is delivered through specialist mental health multi-disciplinary teams from childhood to old age -

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service;

• The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Team is a multidisciplinary service that prioritises the assessment and treatment of children up to the age of 16 presenting with mental health problems.

Adult Community Mental Health Service;

• The Adult Community Mental Health Service is a multi-disciplinary service that provides mental health care to working age adults. Its aim is to provide an integrated, comprehensive, high quality, individualised system of care and support which meets the needs of people with acute mental health problems and their carers.

Community Rehabilitation Service;

• The Community Rehabilitation Service provides care to people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties who have complex needs. The core philosophy of the Adult Community Rehabilitation Service is to provide individualised care programmes for service users and carers, based on identified need and implemented as much as possible in a non-institutional setting.

Psychiatry of later life Service;

• The Psychiatry of later Life Service provides care to people who develop mental health problems as they get older. (Over 65years). Its aim is to provide integrated, quality, patient centred and community based services to patients and their families.

Acute Inpatients Service:

• All acute admissions from Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service are to the acute psychiatric admission unit which is located in Cavan General Hospital.

Professional Qualification

• Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of psychiatry

          And

• One year certified postgraduate training in liaison psychiatry.

Entry to competition / recruitment process

No candidate will be appointed as a Medical Consultant unless (s)he is registered as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland.

Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where he/she is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office occurs.

Health

A candidate for and any person holding the post must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the post and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Character

A candidate for and any person holding the post must be of good character.

Other Requirements Specific to the Post

Candidate must have access to their own transport

Job Description

Locum Consultant General Adult psychiatrist, SI Liaison Psychiatry