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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 7 sessions per week
Job ref
110-MD110-0424
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Charles Hospital
Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Salary
£91,722 - £119,079 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

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 role is joining a team of 17 Consultants responsible for the provision of Obstetric & Gynaecological services to the Health Board.

 The Obstetrics & Gynaecology services for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) are currently site based and this post will be based in Prince Charles Hospital and the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The service is delivered as two separate Obstetric Consultant led units (Prince Charles Hospital and Princess of Wales Hospital) and one Midwifery led unit (Royal Glamorgan Hospital). There are obstetric and gynaecology services delivered in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. This new arrangement has been in place since 1st April 2019.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Interview date will be June 18th 2024

Main duties of the job

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.  Labour ward sessions include obstetric ward rounds, in line with RCOG recommendations. 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.

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

  • To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
  • To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
  • To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
  • To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
  • To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the CSG and UHB’S service plans
  • To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the CSG and UHB
  • Core clinical expertise in the speciality
  • Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
  • Delivering care in the acute hospital setting
  • Participating in CPD including Audit
  • A Teaching and Training Role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
  • Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
  • To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence-based medicine

Please see full job description and person specification for full details

Person specification

English

Essential criteria
  • GMC Registration

English

Essential criteria
  • Years experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mohamed Elnasharty
Job title
Care Group Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01685 728498
Additional information

Hannah Lloyd - CSG Manager for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Integrated Sexual Health

Tel: 01685 728498

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