Job overview

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for a permanent Consultant post, specialising in spines.

The successful candidate will further enhance the effective department with their specialist skills and experience, with opportunities to inform the continual development of the spinal service.  Working 10 sessions, with an additional two by mutual agreement, the post will support the trauma service, including on-call responsibilities and fracture clinics, and the elective demand, delivering outpatient activity and independent theatre list.

Services are delivered at a rage of sites including the Royal Gwent Hospital, County Hospital and the Grange University Hospital Trust. it is important to be aware that work patterns may change and the place(s) of duties modified.

The post is specifically provided to support improvements against the Welsh Government treatment guidelines for treatment and outpatient pathways

Main duties of the job

Main duties include the delivery of specialist spinal treatment pathways across trauma and elective pathways

To participate in the Consultant weekend rota and be responsible for the inpatient care orthopaedic services, providing daily specialist advice to the staff in the admissions unit.  The post holder will be responsible for providing that liaison support once a week, working as part of a dedicated team.

Working in a leadership and teaching role in multidisciplinary outpatient clinics

Supporting the trauma service ad a dedicated team member with associate on-call responsibilities

To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for F1s, F2s, SpRs, STs and other staff as appropriate

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.