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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Locum 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:
•    6 Senior/ Consultant members 
•    13 Speciality doctors
•    3 GPST
•    13 Clinical fellows
•    5 Foundation year 2 Doctors
•    3 Foundation Year 1 Doctors
•    2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
•    2 Physician Associates

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.

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 sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board’s service plans
• 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
• 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, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 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: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush 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 Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six 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 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.