Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 6 months (Up to)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD152-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Llantrisant
- Salary
- £105,401 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Cardiology
Locum Consultant
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
This is a locum post (duration: 6 months) to support the provision of cardiology services at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. This is an exciting time for the newly established Health Board and the Royal Glamorgan Hospital has a history of developing high quality innovative cardiac services working closely and collaboratively with our tertiary centre colleagues at the University Hospital of Wales and in supporting new colleagues in developing their sub-specialty interests.
Welsh and/or English speakers are both welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Will work with a team of 5 other consultant cardiologists at the RGH to support one ‘general cardiology’ firm with appropriate junior medical staff support and will also support an established specialist arrhythmia nurse service.
The working timetable will involve 1 week in 6 of ‘ward’ work (during which time the appointee will be the consultant responsible for the care of cardiology in-patients and will support referrals from non-cardiologists (with no elective duties during the ‘ward’ week). The other 5 weeks will involve outpatient and largely elective cardiology work dependent on the individual skills and experience of the successful applicant.
Inpatient workload as ‘cardiologist of the week’ is in the order of ~20 in-patients, as well as dealing with in-patient referrals and providing e-advice to GPs. There is currently no formal out of hours and weekend cardiology commitment although this is being reviewed in the light of the new Health Board, however, the Cardiologists currently support weekend acute medical services. A candidate accredited in acute/general medicine will be favoured and if successful would join the acute weekend rota, currently ~1 in 20 weekends (Saturday and Sunday basis with no acute medicine on calls during the week). During the ‘non-ward’ week the successful candidate will undertake a weekly average of 2 clinics (following standard RCP guidance on numbers per clinic) and 2-3 cath lab-based work (elective and acute).
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will support the ‘Unscheduled Care Group’ in providing a specialist cardiology service primarily at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. There will be an expectation to manage patients allocated to cardiology as part of the acute medical take as well as taking referrals and giving advice to physician colleagues in the care of cardiac patients. As such the post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues in the cardiology department to develop a consistent, multi-disciplinary approach to the care for patients with cardiac conditions throughout the care group and the Health Board.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- CCT in cardiology (or equivaent accreditation in the UK specialist register) - within 6 months of date of interview
Desirable criteria
- MD or PhD
- Accreditation in GIM
Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in general cardiology and general internal (as deemed appropriate at interview)
- Working knowledge/experience of the NHS (as deemed appropriate at interview)
Desirable criteria
- Training in cardiac sub specialty
- Sub-specialty training/appropriate experience in cardiac device implantation (PPM and complex devices)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Claire Williams
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist (Lead)
- Email address
- [email protected]
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