Job summary
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Paediatrics (fixed term)
Specialty Doctor
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 post is fixed term up to 2 years due to meet the needs of the service.
This post is a replacement of existing post but with diverse roles and developmental opportunities to suit applicant’s interests. This post provides middle grade cover to the general paediatric, PAU at RGH and to the out patient clinics under supervision of the consultants; and complements the existing middle grade posts in the department. The post holder will participate in 1:8 prospective rolling rota sharing with existing specialty doctors.
The post holder will be based at RGH but may be expected to work across different sites within the Health Board depending upon needs.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
- Conducting daily ward rounds in the Children's Ward, RGH and report to the consultant in charge . Participate in PAU cover
- Supervision to Junior medical team and acts as a source of advice and support to the nursing staff.
- See Patients in A+E at the request of paediatrics junior doctors and consultants.
- To carry out safeguarding medical examinations when adequately trained.
- Attend specialist clinics as per area of interest.
- See new and follow up General Paediatric patients in the clinics under supervision of consultant.
- Participate in clinical/medical audit, teaching and research within the children’s service.
- Managing the acute paediatric intake at PCH with junior and consultant support.
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 have opportunities to develop expertise in an area of Paediatric specialty such as Epilepsy, Diabetes, Allergy, Asthma, Cardiology, Community Paediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics.
The post holder will have opportunities to undertake professional development activities, audit and will engage in appraisal process. |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- • MRPCH part 1 a & b
Desirable criteria
- • MRCPCH or equivalent
- • Relevant higher degree e.g. MD; PhD; MSc
Experience
Essential criteria
- • NLS
- • Minimum 4 years or equivalent postgraduate training two of which must be in Paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of multi-agency working
- • Leadership skills.
Ability
Essential criteria
- Able to keep good medical notes.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Understanding of child safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team
- Level 1- 3 child protection training
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 J Natarajan
- Job title
- Clinical Lead/Consultant Paediatrician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443534
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