Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Hywel Dda University Health Board

The closing date is 09 February 2025

Job summary

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. The Hospital is supported by a large modern Adult Critical Care Unit, a Stroke unit with dedicated stroke teams.

The team consists of:o 6 Senior/ Consultant memberso 13 Speciality doctorso 3 GPSTo 13 Clinical fellowso 5 Foundation year 2 Doctorso 3 Foundation Year 1 Doctorso 2 Advanced Nurse Practitionerso 2 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. This can be subject to change as the Health Board's clinical requirement are amended to meet the needs of the service/patients

*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
To 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
Participating in CPD including Audit
You 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

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion,Pembrokeshireand 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:

Four main hospitals:BronglaisGeneral in Aberystwyth,GlangwiliGeneral in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli andWithybushGeneral inHaverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire;Tregaron,Aberaeronand Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48general 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 providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health andlearning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committeerepresentingseven health boards across Wales.

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£106,000 to £154,760 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

100-MED-GGH-239-B

Job locations

Glangwili General Hospital

Dolgwili Road

Carmarthen

SA31 2AF

Job description

Job 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

Job description

Job 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

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

Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

Broad based experience in Emergency Medicine
Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
Knowledge and participation in CPD

Desirable

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

Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice

Desirable

Knowledge of risk management

Research

Essential

Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, so as to improve clinical outcomes

Desirable

Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Research degree

Management

Essential

Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS

Desirable

Evidence of management training

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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

Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

Broad based experience in Emergency Medicine
Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
Knowledge and participation in CPD

Desirable

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

Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice

Desirable

Knowledge of risk management

Research

Essential

Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, so as to improve clinical outcomes

Desirable

Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Research degree

Management

Essential

Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS

Desirable

Evidence of management training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).