Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

This post is a newly developed post in addition to the current complement of 8 other Emergency Medicine consultants., The ED consultant team is responsible for the provision of Emergency Department services at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. The ED team includes 5 trainee registrars, 3 specialty doctors, a senior clinical fellow and ACPs heading up the senior decision maker tier. Along with Emergency Nurse Practitioners, 10 junior doctors and 4 F1s. The team works closely with colleagues from inpatient specialty teams to deliver appropriate, largely pathway driven, ambulatory care.

We are particularly looking for a candidate with a strong interest in paediatrics to help drive and develop our new paediatric area within the department.

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.

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, Are you looking to work in a hospital that is committed to improving patient flow in the pursuit of excellent Emergency Care? Do you want to….
v Join a strong team of forward thinking, dynamic and enthusiastic emergency medicine consultants, committed to excellence in Emergency Care?
v Work in a spacious open plan department with a neighbouring Acute Medical Unit and excellent working relationships with diagnostic and inpatient teams?
v Enjoy the benefits of flexible job planning and the Welsh Consultant Contract?
v Be encouraged to pursue and develop our new paediatric area within our emergency department?, The department sees approximately 59,000 new patients per annum with approximately 23% of those being children.
Several of the consultant body are active in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound; 24/7 stroke thrombolysis is delivered in the ED; regional training leadership is within the consultant body; our culture is one of continuous improvement, development and pursuit of excellence in Emergency Medical practice combined with sustainable work-life balance. Our values are comprised in the commitment to developing services to support the local impact of reconfiguration of Emergency Departments in South Wales.
The post-holders will participate in the teaching and training of all professional groups. They will play a full part in clinical governance issues within the speciality of Emergency Medicine.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, you are encouraged to contact
Dr Matthew Jones , ED Consultant, Clinical Director, on
Issue Date: BMJ (date of Issue)
Closing Date:
Anticipated Interview Date