Locum Consultant - Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom - Hywel Dda University Health Board

Description

The Gastroenterology Department is going through an exciting transition currently and the new appointee will be key to this development.

The areas of interest that will be developed include hepatology, alcohol liaison service, nutrition, advanced endoscopy, bowel screening and IBD.

With the 4 gastroenterologists in post, working cross-site, subspecialty interests will be encouraged to enhance the service. Future aspirations will be to look towards a Hywel Dda Gastroenterology Service.
There is an expectation that the successful candidate participates on the Acute GI Bleed rota on a 1:8 basis.

The X-ray department has full CT, MRI, ultrasound and angiographic facilities including a day ward area for the admission and recovery of angiography patients.

Cardioversions and pacing are carried out in a dedicated room on the cardiac care unit.

To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a gastroenterology service and supporting the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

An interest in either Bowel Screening Endoscopy and advanced lower GI therapy or an interest in ERCP and hepatology would be warmly welcomed.

The service needs additional senior medical input to guide specialist hepatology nurses. ERCP experience would be highly desirable to enable succession planning of current services that includes 2 ERCP lists.

Most of these sessions will be delivered at Glangwili hospital but future growth of lists may require travel to Prince Phillip or Bronglais Hospitals, depending on specialist interest.

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:


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
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 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.

Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.

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MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent

Broad based experience in Acute General Medicine
Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
Competence in Acute General Medicine and Gastroenterology
Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
Meet the requirement of the GMC's Good Medical Practice
Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
Evidence of above average performance
Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
Knowledge of risk management
Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
Training the Trainers experience
Evidence of management training