Job summary
- Main area
- Colorectal Surgery / Llawfeddygaeth y colon a'r rhefr
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Up to)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 sessions with 1:8 on call)
- Job ref
- 110-MD305-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- £116,600 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum General Surgeon, Sub Specialty in Colorectal Surgery
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
Applications are invited for a Locum General Surgery Consultant Surgeon with a Colorectal Sub Specialty.
The successful candidate will join the existing General Surgical Department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The post will have a flexible session programme with a general surgical emergency ‘on call’ commitment 1 in 8.
This post will join the team of Consultants responsible for the provision of general surgical services to Cwm Taf Morgannwg, University Health Board. The post will be based at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, but may also be required to undertake sessions across other sites within the organisation.
This post will be fixed term for up to 6 months due to departmental changes.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The consultant will be based at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, but may be required to travel to other sites across the organisation.
The post will be required to share with consultant colleagues in the responsibility of providing outpatient and inpatient services for the local population and in doing so, foster excellent working relationships within and outside the General Surgical department, including medical, nursing, secretarial and support staff, General Practitioners and management teams.
The post will also work with the Clinical Services Group Management team to: assist in the strategic planning and modernisation of General Surgical services, deliver internal and external targets for patient activity and achieve financial balance.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB now provides primary, community, hospital and mental health services to the 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs – Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The resident population of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf is estimated to be 450,000 (Stats Wales 2016).
Our 65 to 84 and 85+ age groups are projected to have the largest increase by 2036, when an estimated one in four people in Wales will be aged 65 and over.
These projections will have significant implications for the way in which we design and provide health (and increasingly integrated health & social care) services.
Ideally situated between Wales’ capital city, Cardiff to the South, the coastal town, Porthcawl to the West and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons National Park to the North, we operate within a vibrant community, rich with history and heritage.
We take our role as one of the largest employers in the area very seriously which is evident in our wide-ranging partnership working, dedication to our corporate social responsibilities and the importance we place on building relationships with our staff and community.
We are especially proud of our Academic Centre in Merthyr Tydfil, which is helping to train future doctors in community medicine.
If you come to work in Cwm Taf Morgannwg you will be guaranteed a warm Welsh welcome; opportunities for professional development and a clinical environment that innovates to improve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide professional and managerial supervision of junior medical staff. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients under his/her care: allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff, ensuring that concise agreed management plans are clearly displayed in the notes of patients with complex conditions.
- Undertake ward rounds to identify and assess problems, plan management of care, and be actively available during the working week so that medical and nursing staff can communicate and consult freely.
- Ensure that an appropriate model of care is adopted which recognises the involvement of the multi-disciplinary team, the patient and family
- Ensure that the use of medical and nursing resources within the department are utilised to the maximum potential.
- Assist the multi-disciplinary team in the production of referenced, evidence based guidelines which are dated, signed and reviewed at least bi-annually or more frequently in light of new evidence.
- Work with the rest of the consultant team to provide strong professional leadership within the department and be mentored in the delivery of a high quality service provided by well-trained staff within clear departmental policies and procedures.
- Develop and maintain good communication with clinical colleagues across the Health Board regarding the treatment of their patients and the appropriate use of the department’s resources.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBChB/MBBS or equivalent FRCS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree or fellowship
Experience and Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients undergoing Surgery Evidence of high level of skill in teaching medical, nursing and other professional colleagues in formal and informal modes
- Evidence of active and constructive involvement in clinical audit and the implementation of actions to be taken on the basis of audit outcomes
- Experience in advanced laparoscopic procedures would be essential
- Previous experience in management of general/emergency surgery including laparoscopic management of benign and malignant colorectal disease.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of active involvement in risk management. Evidence of personal involvement in management and administrative roles in health care
Special Knowledge/Expertise
Essential criteria
- Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications in peer reviewed journals or thesis
Desirable criteria
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals
Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/ Commitment
Essential criteria
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to cope with stressful situations including clinical crises
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff. Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
- Evidence of a clear understanding of principles and practice of involving patients in all aspects of their 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 desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Parin Shah
- Job title
- Colorectal Surgeon / Llawfeddyg y Colon a'r Rhefr
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443541
- Additional information
Best days to contact via above secretary number are Tuesday and Friday.
Y dyddiau gorau i gysylltu drwy'r rhif ysgrifennydd uchod yw dydd Mawrth a dydd Gwener.
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