Consultant General Physician with an Interest in Respiratory
We are looking to recruit a motivated Consultant in General Medicine to join colleagues in a dynamic general medicine service within the Health Board in delivering and supporting the Welsh Government's vision for NHS Wales. This new appointment will join the team of established medical consultants working across Pembrokeshire and will have support to develop/maintain a specialist interest.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to have specialty training and relevant experience in General Medicine. You would work in the General Medical Department and in an area of specialist interest if appropriate. You will be responsible for the management of patients presenting to Withybush General Hospital with medical problems and will lead a team of junior doctors.
Within this role there is an opportunity for consultants with a specialist interest and additional skills to promote and develop the service in order to improve diagnosis and management.
In this post, you will contribute to a current on-call rota at Withybush based on a 1:12 non-resident on-call, which you will be expected to reside (for on-call purposes) within 30 minutes of the Hospital.
Job responsibilities
To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in General Medicine and support the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospital and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness.
* To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
* To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
* To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Boards procedures and operating policies
* To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Boards service plans
* To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board
* Core clinical expertise in General Medicine
* Experience and knowledge of running a sub-specialty service
* Leadership and team-building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
* Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams
* Providing persuasive strategic advice to LHBs and Social Services Departments
* Participating in CPD including Audit
* You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation
* A Teaching and Training Role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
* Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
* To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence-based medicine
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
* On Specialist Register/SpR due to obtain relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview
* MRCP
* Valid certified advanced life support skills
* Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
Clinical Experience
* Broad based experience in Acute General Medicine
* Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
* Knowledge and participation in CPD
* Expertise in Acute General Medicine
* Able to apply knowledge
* Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
* Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
* Meet the requirement of the GMC's "Good Medical Practice"
* Experience of NHS
* Wider experience, research and training in providing sub-specialty service
* Evidence of above average performance
Clinical Governance
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
* Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
* Knowledge of risk management
* Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
Research
* Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Teaching
* Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
* Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
* Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
* "Training the Trainers" experience
Management
* Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
* Willingness to participate in clinical management
* Evidence of management training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Consultant Physician COTE - Clinical Lead
Depending on experience £100,000 - £146,000 per annum
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