Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an Emergency Medicine Consultant to join the Emergency Unit at Glangwili General Hospital in a modern, purpose-built unit able to accept all emergency admissions, which is a busy acute hospital and is the local Trauma Unit for the Health Board where you will work in close conjunction with other consultant physicians and surgeons in the hospital and the community.
As well as being able to accept all medical and surgical emergencies, speciality support is available such as Trauma, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, ENT and Ophthalmology. ÌýThe Hospital is supported by a large modern Adult Critical Care Unit, a Stroke unit with dedicated stroke teams.
The team consists of:
•Ìý Ìý 6 Senior/ Consultant membersÌý
• Ìý Ìý13 Speciality doctors
• Ìý Ìý3 GPST
• Ìý Ìý13 Clinical fellows
• Ìý Ìý5 Foundation year 2 Doctors
• Ìý Ìý3 Foundation Year 1 Doctors
• Ìý Ìý2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• Ìý Ìý2 Physician Associates
The appointment is offered on a permanent basis as per detailed in the advert and your principal place of employment being Glangwili General Hospital, although other working locations including off site working may be necessary and will form part of your agreed job plan. ÌýThis can be subject to change as the Health Board’s clinical requirement are amended to meet the needs of the service/patientsÌý
*Interested candidates are invited and encouraged to do some locum shifts within the department as a trial before applying.
Main duties of the job
To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in Emergency Medicine and supporting the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -
- To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service
- ÌýTo provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board
- Core clinical expertise in Emergency Medicine
- Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
- ÌýParticipating in CPD including Audit
- ÌýYou are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation
- A Teaching and Training Role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
- To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence-based medicine
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion,ÌýPembrokeshireÌýand 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, including our volunteers, through:Ìý
· Four main hospitals:ÌýBronglaisÌýGeneral in Aberystwyth,ÌýGlangwiliÌýGeneral in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli andÌýWithybushÌýGeneral inÌýHaverfordwest;Ìý
· Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire;ÌýTregaron,ÌýAberaeronÌýand Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;Ìý
· 48Ìýgeneral practicesÌý(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 providers and 11 health centres;Ìý
· Numerous locations providing mental health andÌýlearning disabilities services;Ìý
· Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committeeÌýrepresentingÌýseven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description 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.
Please see below videos relating to this vacancy : -
https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY
https://youtu.be/lN5pVFfxUSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT Or CESR due within 6 months of interview date
- FRCEM
- Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
Desirable criteria
- Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience in Emergency Medicine
- Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
- Knowledge and participation in CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS
- Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
- Evidence of above average performance
- Additional clinical qualification(s)
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management
Research
Essential criteria
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, so as to improve clinical outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
- Research degree
Management
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of management training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Ling Tan
- Job title
- Consultant in Emergency Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267 266378
- Additional information
Dr Mohamad Nasser - Consultant
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