Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Bridgend, United Kingdom - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

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Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

10 sessions

Are you looking to work in a hospital that is committed to improving patient flow in the pursuit of excellent Emergency Care? Do you want to

v Join a strong team of forward thinking, dynamic and enthusiastic emergency medicine consultants, committed to excellence in Emergency Care?

v Work in a spacious open plan department with a neighbouring Acute Medical Unit and excellent working relationships with diagnostic and inpatient teams?

v Enjoy the benefits of flexible job planning and the Welsh Consultant Contract?

v Be encouraged to pursue and develop our new ideas within our emergency department?

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.


The ED consultant team is responsible for the provision of Emergency Department services at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.

The ED team includes 5 trainee registrars, 3 specialty doctors, a senior clinical fellow and ACPs heading up the senior decision maker tier.

Along with Emergency Nurse Practitioners, 10 junior doctors and 4 F1s. The team works closely with colleagues from inpatient specialty teams to deliver appropriate, largely pathway driven, ambulatory care.

The department sees approximately 59,000 new patients per annum with approximately 23% of those being children.

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.


Several of the consultant body are active in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound; 24/7 stroke thrombolysis is delivered in the ED; regional training leadership is within the consultant body; our culture is one of continuous improvement, development and pursuit of excellence in Emergency Medical practice combined with sustainable work-life balance.

Our values are comprised in the commitment to developing services to support the local impact of reconfiguration of Emergency Departments in South Wales.

The post-holders will participate in the teaching and training of all professional groups. They will play a full part in clinical governance issues within the speciality of Emergency Medicine.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, you are encouraged to contact

Dr Matthew Jones, ED Consultant, Clinical Director, on

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