Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: St David's Hospital & Barry Hospital
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £59,727 - £95,400 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
Specialty Doctor in Gastroenterology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
The advertised post is for a Specialty Doctor post in Gastroenterology and the Intestinal Failure service, based at University Hospital of Wales.
The Intestinal Failure (IF): Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) inpatient service is hosted on ward A7 at the University Hospital of Wales with clinical oversight from a consultant gastroenterologist. The post is designed to provide experience in an Integrated Severe Intestinal Failure. This aims to provide the trainee with an interest in advanced nutrition, the skills to take the lead role in nutritional support, but also care for patients in an IF/HPN unit, under senior educational supervision.
Main duties of the job
Your main duties will be to manage patients under Gastroenterology and the Intestinal Failure tertiary service on ward A7 and other outlying acute ward areas. You will be able to attend MDTs relevant to providing multi-disciplinary care for the inpatients.
The post holder will need to demonstrate professional excellence and the ability to deliver effective care. They will need to agree levels of activity and throughput with the Clinical Lead and undertake annual appraisal and job planning as per UHB Policy. The post holder will be required to adhere to UHB Policy on maintaining Medical excellence and to be committed to maintaining their standard of performance by keeping knowledge and skills up to date. Inpatient ward duties and ward rounds, to include review of and acting upon investigation results. Helping ensure patient admissions run smoothly, efficiently and effectively by encouraging multi-disciplinary team working.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MB BS or recognised equivalent
* Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions)
Experience
* Four 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 equivalent experience/competencies
* Assessment of emergencies
Skills, Knowledge & Ability
* Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
* Counselling and communication skills
* Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
* Up to date with current practices in Gastroenterology
* Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from seniors as appropriate
* Audit
* Research interests relevant to specialty
* Teaching
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
* Evidence of ability to work both in a team and alone
* Flexible approach
* Motivated and efficient
* Commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
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. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
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. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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.
Welsh language skills are not necessary.
Application numbers
Please note that this vacancy will close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please therefore complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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