Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 001-MP190.26
- Employer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Wales
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £63,696 - £102,689 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Adult Critical Care
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC/GDC Registration with a Licence to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Intercalated Degree
- MSc or PHD
- Academic Excellence (Prizes, merits, distinctions)
- Post graduate examination in critical care e.g FICM, EDIC or equivalent.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Four years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty, OR equivalent experience / competencies.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Fellowship/Membership
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
- Able to participate as key member of cardiac arrest team with advanced airway skills
- Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working.
- Counselling and communication skills.
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
- Up to date with current practices.
- Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate.
- Teaching Experience
Desirable criteria
- Computing skills
- Audit
- Research interests relevant to specialty.
- Teaching
Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria
- Motivated and efficient
- Able to relate to patients, staff and medical colleagues.
- Flexible, caring and hardworking
- Ability to work as part of a team
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Evidence to work both alone and in a team.
- Motivated and Efficient
- Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Current GMC certificate with a licence to practise
- Satisfactory immigration status for length of contract
- Satisfactory Health Clearance
- Satisfactory DBS Clearance
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
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 desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Raper
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Workforce
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 029 2184 3084
- Additional information
- Gaynor Mathieu
- Administration Manager - Critical Care
- [email protected]
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