Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 12 months (Up to)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD318-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £121,264 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine
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 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff. In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.
You will be required to adhere to the principles of Good Medical Practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.
This post is fixed term for up to 12 months due to workforce planning taking place.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to participate in the Health Board’s risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the Clincal service Group, the hospital and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory.
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You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the service and specialty within the Health Board through active participation in the clinical structure.
You will participate in an annualised rota which will encompass clinical shop floor sessions, on call commitments and non patient facing DCC. In some circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.
You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.
The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimise infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge noncompliance by colleagues, and to attend training in infection control provided by the Health Board.
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
You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff. In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.
You will be required to adhere to the principles of Good Medical Practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.
You will be required to participate in the Health Board’s risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the Clincal service Group, the hospital and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory.
You will be required to maintain a licence to practice through revalidation, to undergo satisfactory annual appraisal using the all Wales online Medical Appraisal Scheme (MARS) and to formulate a Personal Development Plan, in conjunction with the Clinical Service Director, to identify training and development needs. You will be expected to participate in sufficient personal and professional development to fulfill Royal College and GMC requirements. You will also be required to undergo a job plan review at least annually and to agree and then meet service outcomes.
You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the service and specialty within the Health Board through active participation in the clinical structure.
You will participate in an annualised rota which will encompass clinical shop floor sessions, on call commitments and non patient facing DCC. In some circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.
You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.
The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimise infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge noncompliance by colleagues, and to attend training in infection control provided by the Health Board.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the GMC
- On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Emergency Medicine
- or eligible for CCT / CESR within 6 months of date of interview
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
- Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service
- Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff / educational supervision of junior doctors
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 desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nilufa Hossain
- Job title
- Clinical Lead ED
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728526
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