Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatric Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD303-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital / Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil / Llantrisant
- Salary
- £106,000 - £154,760 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Physician in Geriatric & General Medicine
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
This is a new post which is being created to develop and improve the provision of Geriatric Medicine liaison services to surgical specialties in Cwm Ta Morgannwg University Health Board.
The postholder will be based at either Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil or Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant. Both hospitals have acute beds covering a range of surgical and medical specialties. The postholder will be joining a dynamic, forward looking and innovative Geriatric Medicine team across the Health Board.
Please note, the Job Description is pending Royal College approval.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be expected to help and develop Geriatric Medicine liaison services provided by the Health Board at Royal Glamorgan Hospital or Prince Charles Hospital. This would typically encompass Orthogeriatrics and Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery (POPs).
Key to the development of services will be to develop clinical relationships with colleagues in both medical and surgical specialties.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide senior experienced clinical leadership in Royal Glamorgan Hospital or Prince Charles Hospital and to support the development of the integrated medical/surgical model for older people. The post holder will also provide senior medical advice and support to our teams of community/specialist nurses and to GPs when required.
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
Please see the attached job description and person specification for detailed roles and responsibilities for this post.
Person specification
Teaching / Research experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Evidence of participating in multi-disciplinary teaching
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in teaching
Education / Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- On the specialist register for Geriatric Medicine and GIM or within 6 months of anticipated CCT / CESR
- MRCP UK or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Relevant higher degree
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Medicine in a middle grade / senior clinical role
- Experience of MDT working
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of complex medical problems
Desirable criteria
- Have experience of setting up a service
- Training experience of orthogeriatrics and perioperative care
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 Rob Martin
- Job title
- Deputy Medical Director, Unscheduled Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Ashok David, Clinical Director
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