Specialty Doctor in Stroke Medicine

Job summary

Do you crave a meaningful career where you can truly make a difference? Are you a Stroke Specialty Doctor with a passion for helping others? Then ditch the city lights and join our growing team at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr in Ystrad Mynach.

We offer a unique opportunity to:

Be the Stroke Champion: You'll be an expert in Stroke care for our community, providing top-notch diagnosis and treatment.

Embrace a Close-Knit Community: Our hospital fosters a warm and supportive environment.

Enjoy a Tranquil Pace: Trade the hustle and bustle for fresh air, stunning scenery in community environment.

The main responsibilities of the post are effective and appropriate medical care of inpatients including acute assessment, participation in acute medical and frailty take, monitor and manage in-patients as well as contributing to outpatient and multidisciplinary meetings.

The post holder will be part of a large medical and multidisciplinary team working under direct consultant supervision; who are well established RCP trainers.

All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisations as per established norms.

All qualified staff have a responsibility to supervise unqualified/more junior staff and students on a day-to-day basis to ensure that patients receive appropriate care.

Main duties of the job

This post allows training opportunities stroke medicine in the Caerphilly locality. The post will be based in Ystrad Mynach managing inpatient beds.

ABUHB is an innovative Health Board packed with ambition and is an excellent place to start your career as well as providing fantastic opportunities to continue developing yourself professionally.

The successful candidate will have training access across the medical specialties and to a variety of accredited training courses, under the supervision of trainers. ABUHB will be flexible to the needs of individual candidates towards their career progression such as obtaining MRCP(UK) and CESR in line with the service requirements. Audit and QI projects will be a requirement of the post and we have close, links with Cardiff University should you want to be involved in research.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you atwork.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.