Main area General Paediatrics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent: Substantive post Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 in 8 consultant Oncall service week) Job ref 001-MP053.25
Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Children's Hospital for Wales Town Cardiff Salary £106,000 - £154,760 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/04/2025 23:59
Consultant Paediatrician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
CARDIFF AND VALE
UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Substantive General Paediatric Consultant
Applications are invited for a 10 session General Paediatric Consultant post at Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff. We welcome specialist interests if held in neurology, allergy, gastroenterology.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to join a team of 11 (9.2 WTE and 7.9 on the acute rota) Consultant General Paediatricians delivering the full scope of general paediatric care required for the Children’s Hospital which is an integral part of the University Hospital of Wales.
Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.
You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £106,000 per annum to £154,760 per annum.
Main duties of the job
You will provide with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in the speciality to the hospitals so designated, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and promotion of health.
You will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge in liaison with consultant colleagues and for the proper functioning of the department in line with the Operational Policy and Strategic Plan (as amended from time to time).
You will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff. If appropriate the post holder will be named in the contracts of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
You will be required to participate in continuing medical education in ways which are acceptable to the Chief Executive.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be required to participate in and contribute to Clinical Audit in line with the Health Board’s policy on the implementation of Clinical Governance.
Domiciliary consultations - as appropriate to Cardiff and Vale residents in accordance with the Health Board Policy.
The successful candidate will participate in the 1 in 8 on-call rota to cover the designated hospitals as required.
You will be required to cover for consultant colleagues' periods of leave.
You will be responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to and participating in postgraduate and continuing medical education activity and audit activities, locally and nationally.
All consultants teach and train at all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate education. There is a very active postgraduate training department, which organises medical and dental education led by the Dean of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education within Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). There is a well-stocked medical library on site.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
* On Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR(CP) due within six months of interview date
Experience
* Broad training and experience in general paediatrics
* Knowledge and participation in Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Skills
* Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
* Effective and demonstrable communication skills
Clinical Governance
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
* Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)
Research
* Evidence of active research interests
Teaching
* Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors
Management
* Evidence of effective leadership skills
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK.
When applying for this post, it is essential that you read the Job Description and/or Person Specification and use the 'Supporting information' space to demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Please note that only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this post.
If you are shortlisted for interview for this post, you will receive notification directly via the e-mail address you have provided on your application. Please ensure that you check regularly as any subsequent revisions to interview arrangements will be forwarded to you by this method.
Please ensure that you provide an e-mail address for each referee to avoid delays with the appointment process.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's Medical / Dental Workforce Department reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We therefore encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to flexible working and equal opportunities across its medical and dental workforce. All medical and dental posts will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Cardiff and Vale UHB is a Smoke Free Health Board - smoking is banned across all of the UHB sites. Staff are therefore not able to smoke in the hospital grounds or on any other UHB premises.
Applications are welcomed from Welsh speaking candidates.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Dr Jennifer Stevens Job title Consultant General Paediatrician and Clinical Lead Email address Jennifer.stevens@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 02921841996 Additional information
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