Job summary
Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine
Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend
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...
Join a strong team of forward thinking, dynamic and enthusiastic emergency medicine consultants, committed to excellence in Emergency Care?
Work in a spacious open plan department with a neighboring Acute Medical Unit and excellent working relationships with diagnostic and inpatient teams?
Be encouraged to pursue and develop special interests to complement the current team?
Main duties of the job
You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of middle grade doctors, ACPs, ENPs and consultants in the ED at the Princess of Wales Hospital providing front line care to an undifferentiated case mix. The department provides a consultant led service and there is direct consultant shop floor cover approximately 13 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The ED at the Princess of Wales Hospital sees approximately 56,000 new patients per year. There is substantial exposure to the breadth of EM cases ranging from seriously ill or injured adults and children to minor injuries with ample opportunities to develop EM procedural skills. Our ED has a dedicated, dynamic and friendly multi-disciplinary team. This provides an excellent and supportive working environment.
You will have opportunities to be involved in undergraduate teaching and mentoring junior doctors.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
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:
1. We listen, learn and improve
2. We treat everyone with respect
3. 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please come and meet us we would love to hear from you or arrange a visit, we would be happy to show you around.
Dr Matthew Jones 01656 754004
Wendy Grabham 01656 754004
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
4. Full GMC/GDC Registration
5. MB, BCh or recognised equivalent
6. At least 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or have equivalent experience and competencies in Emergency Medicine
Desirable
7. MRCEM/FRCEM Intermediate / Final
Experience
Essential
8. Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
9. Current certification in at least one of ATLS/APLS/ALS
10. Up to date with current practices in Emergency Medicine
Desirable
11. Experience of management and governance issues applicable to emergency care
12. Liaison with other agencies