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
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 specialty 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.
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.
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.
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.
The successful candidate will participate in the 1 in 8 on-call rota to cover the designated hospitals as required.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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