The Emergency Department is a small-medium friendly department seeing approximately 64,000 adult and paediatric patients per year. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Specialty Doctor to join the multi-disciplinary ED team.

A full time specialty doctor works 10 sessions per week, with 8 clinical and 2 non-clinical sessions. The rota is an extremely flexible annualised rota and the pattern of work is tailored to individual requirements to ensure sustainable working and good work life balance.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

• Examination, investigation, treatment and referral of patients presenting to the Emergency Department
• Oversee the work of other junior clinical staff working in the department
• To participate in departmental teaching and audit programme

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description
Job responsibilities

• The examination, investigation, treatment and referral (as appropriate) of patients presenting to the Emergency Department
• To oversee the work of other junior clinical staff working in the department, to ensure that an acceptable standard of practice is maintained
• To lead shift handover
• To attend safety huddles
• To ensure IT patient information system is kept up to date
• To ensure good communication with the Nurse in Charge
• To ensure that all clinical staff have their appropriate breaks when acting as shift leader
• To participate in departmental teaching and audit program

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• MBBCh / MBBS / relevant medical degree
• Eligibility to live and work in the UK
• Advanced Life Support Provider
• Minimum of 4 years work post registration
• Minimum of 2 years working in Emergency Medicine in the UK

Desirable

• Advanced Life Support or equivalent instructor
• FRCEM Primary and Intermediate

Knowledge
Essential

• Broad experience in Emergency Medicine
• Good clinical knowledge, acumen and judgement
• Good relevant practical skills
• Understands the principles of audit and clinical governance
• Understands the importance of patient safety and risk
• Experience and participation in audit and/or quality improvement in last 18 months
• Ability to produce or implement guidelines and protcols
• Experience in teaching
• Understands the importance of wellbeing in the workplace
• Out of Hours / Hospital at night experience
• Understands the CESR process

Skills
Essential

• Able to work within multidisciplinary teams
• Able to communicate well in English with team members, patients and their families
• Honest, reliable and punctual
• Able to escalate problems and seek help when need be
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to organise and prioritise workload
• Flexible approach to work

Desirable

• IT skills

Commitment to Professional Development
Essential

• Engages with appraisal
• Engages with reflective practice
• Committed to continuous learning and personal development
• Committed to developing skills relevant for the specialty
• Ability to learn from feedback

Desirable

• Understands the principles of research
• Evidence of research relevant to specialty
• Experience in leadership and management

Other
Essential

• Occupational Health clearance
• Willing to work across all Health Board sites if required

Desirable

• Ability to speak or desire to learn Welsh

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