Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for two physicians to join the Acute Medicine and the Diabetes and Endocrinology teams working across the secondary care sites within the Aneurin Bevan University Heath Board (ABUHB). The consultant posts will be split to support acute medicine at The Grange University Hospital (GUH) in Cwmbran, NHH and RGH.

The Diabetes and Endocrinology commitment is outpatient specialty clinics on eLGH sites and community hospitals. The post holders will share a commitment to the Diabetes Inpatient
Care and Education rota at GUH 1 week in 10. This will replace the specialty diabetes and endocrinology clinic sessions for that week.

There is a strong record of hybrid acute medicine and specialty roles within the health board, with many Acute Physicians having shared jobs plans within Cardiology, Respiratory, Renal, Care of the Elderly, Palliative Care and ICU. The specialty clinics in Diabetes and Endocrinology are replacing consultants that have retired. To rationalise commitments, they will broadly be defined as North (NHH, YAB, GUH) and South (RGH and GUH).

You will be joining an established team of 8 Consultants in Diabetes and Endocrinology and 2 speciality doctors.

Main duties of the job

Operational

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Development and clinical delivery of acute medicine and diabetes and endocrinology outpatient services within
  the health board
• Acute assessment of patients who require acute medical input
• Management of acute medical patients admitted to hospital
• Ensure timely and safe discharges to patients
• Effective and timely communication with primary care team and with other specialties
• Work within multi-professional teams
• Providing effective leadership to multidisciplinary staff members
• Supporting and developing effective communications between all clinical stakeholders
• Supporting junior medical staff within the team to deliver a high standard of care
• Supporting staff members within the services to increase their knowledge and skills within their professional
  boundaries

Education and training

• Active participation in research and quality improvement processes
  Education and training of medical students, Trainee doctors and allied health professionals

Strategic

The successful candidate will:

• Use their clinical expertise to play an essential part in the provision of strategic planning, implementation, delivery
  and evaluation of existing and services within the Directorates
• Support the Directorates to develop a multi-agency team approach to the design and delivery of the services

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.