This post will assist in increasing provision and access to specialist sexual and reproductive health services in the east of the region focusing on supporting services within Carmarthenshire primarily, but with flexibility to cover services across the three counties when necessary.
The Specialty Doctor will be an integral part of the service working alongside the senior management team and specialist nurses to further the development of the services inline with national standards
This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team of health professionals providing high quality sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course model to the population of Hywel Dda University Health board (HDUHB).
The Sexual Health Service within Hywel Dda is a fully integrated, paperless service, delivering care across three counties; Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. Over 37 000 contacts occurred across three counties, 2023-2024, with an expectation that this will increase in line with national statistics. Staff are dual trained in contraception and sexual health working out of seven clinical sites, which are currently a combination of community and hospital based. The service manages the early medical abortion service at home (EMAH) and leads on the development of abortion services across HDUHB., Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales., Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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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.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.