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Job overview

The Wrexham Maelor Hospital is a medium-sized District Hospital. For most specialties it serves a population of around 300,000. It is situated on the outskirts of the town of Wrexham (pop 42,000), which is near the Welsh/ English border.  The Hospital has around 650 beds with 180 consultants. Most major specialties and subspecialties are available on site with the exception of cardiac, neuro and transplantation surgery.  Visiting consultants provide outpatient services for plastic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology and specialist paediatric services. The Maelor is the sub-regional centre for upper GI surgery for North Wales.

Main duties of the job

 This is a full time substantive post, which has arisen due to retirement.  The post is for ten PA’s per week of which, typically, seven will be for direct clinical care (DCC) and three for supporting professional activity (SPA), as specified in the Welsh Consultant contract.

 The post will have a major obstetric component, consisting of Labour Ward cover, Elective Caesarean Sections and Ante-natal anaesthetic assessments.  The hospital has an Obstetrician led delivery unit with approximately 2700 - 3000 deliveries per annum.  There are 10 weekday consultant anaesthetic sessions for Labour Ward, three elective caesarean section lists per week and an Anaesthetic Assessment clinic.  A 24 hour epidural service is provided, as is a dedicated obstetric theatre on the delivery suite.  A high observation area is available on labour ward.  Support for “sick” mothers is provided from the Critical Care team.

Dedicated Resident cover is provided 24 hours/day by trainees / Specialty Doctors, who are competent in Obstetric anaesthesia.  Trainees are also attached on a modular basis for core obstetric anaesthetic training.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.7 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales. 

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 community hospitals and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB also coordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices and the NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.