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Main area
General Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
6 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (10 sessions)
Job ref
100-MED-WGH-174-L
Employer
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Withybush General Hospital
Town
Haverfordwest
Salary
£116,600 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Hywel Dda University Health Board logo

Locum Consultant General Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.

If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]

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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable. 

Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.


 

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Locum Consultant in General Surgery. This is a fixed term post for 6 months. The successful candidate will be joining a Health Board wide compliment of 19 Consultants, 13 substantive and 6 NHS locum consultants. This team is responsible for the provision of emergency and elective General Surgical services with specialty/special interests in breast, colorectal, upper Gastrointestinal and Endoscopy.

The main purpose of this role is to cover the emergency on call rota at Withybush General Hospital.

To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service for General Surgery, with the support of developing a sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

Main duties of the job

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

To ensure the provision and delivery of a quality and safe clinical service

To provide effective leadership to all junior 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 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 General Surgery

Endoscopy and Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery

Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams

Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams

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 SAS Level medical staff

To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based

Your job plan with consist of 10 sessions and will include Theatre, Endoscopy, Outpatients, Administration, SPA and Teaching. 2 sessions are allocated to covering the General Surgery on call 1 in 5 rota at Withybush Hospital.

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 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: 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 (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 and learning disabilities services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full and comprehensive list of the main responsibilities of this role.

Please find below links to some useful information:

https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY  
https://youtu.be/Xb5ksZWmXm8  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgt03XPT6RQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s   

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
  • FRCS General Surgery
  • Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
Desirable criteria
  • Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
  • On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT due within 6 months of interview date Or CESR or equivalent European Qualifications for Specialist Registration

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad based experience in general and emergency surgery
  • Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
  • Knowledge and participation in CPD
  • Expertise general surgery
  • Able to apply knowledge
  • Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
  • Meet the requirement of the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of NHS
  • Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
  • Evidence of above average performance
  • Additional clinical qualification(s)
  • Competence in General Surgery, biliary and Laparoscopic Surgery

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
  • Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of risk management
  • Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process

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

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
  • Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
Desirable criteria
  • Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
  • “Training the Trainers” experience

Management

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
  • Willingness to participate in clinical management
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of management training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyCymraegMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCarer Confident -Accomplished - WelshStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCore principlesStonewall 2023 Bronze

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 not necessary

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
David Lewis
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Mr Andrew Deans - Clinical Lead

[email protected]

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