Specialist grade General Medicine / COTE / Movement Disorder

The post will be based in Ystrad Mynach, within the Medical Directorate to provide support for General Medicine, front door emergency care, Movement Disorder and general geriatric care to inpatients managing inpatient beds.

Specialist Grade doctors will work autonomously and independently to a high level of specialist knowledge and expertise within agreed lines of responsibility within the provisions of Aneurin Bevan's autonomous Practise policy.

Facilities: office accommodation, secretarial support and full IT facilities will be provided.

The number of SPA's may vary with the agreement of the post holder and the Health Board in advance or after commencement and an increase in SPA's would accompany an agreement to take on additional duties.

ABUHB is an innovative Health Board packed with ambition and is an excellent place to start your career as well as providing fantastic opportunities to continue developing yourself professionally.

The successful candidate will have training access across the medical specialties and to a variety of accredited training courses, under the supervision of trainers. ABUHB will be flexible to the needs of individual candidates towards their career progression such as obtaining MRCP(UK) and CESR in line with the service requirements. Audit and QI projects will be a requirement of the post and we have close, links with Cardiff University should you want to be involved in research.

Main duties of the job

To work collaboratively with Consultant colleagues in the development of services in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.

Specific responsibilities of the post are listed in the next section.

As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board's patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -

To provide effective leadership

To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate to service development

To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies

To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division's and Health Board's service plans

To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division's and Health Board's service plans

Deliver and actively participate in the front door service (Monday to Friday) on pro-rota basis and support general medical take during normal working day for YYF site.

To provide delivery of Movement Disorder service for Caerphilly locality (inpatient and outpatient)

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.