Community Consultant Paediatrician

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Aberystwyth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wales is seeking a qualified professional for a role in Community Paediatrics based in Aberystwyth. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality clinical services, lead specialty staff, and engage in teaching and research while maintaining professional standards. Opportunities for leadership and developing a subspecialty service exist. Competitive salary and support for professional development are provided.

Benefits

Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme

Support for professional revalidation

Opportunities for teaching and training

Qualifications

• Must be registered Health Care professional.
• Experience in running a subspecialty service required.
• Maintain professional development for Revalidation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service.
• Provide effective leadership to specialty staff.
• Sustain and develop teaching and research.

Skills

Core clinical expertise in Community Paediatrics

Leadership and team building skills

Persuasive strategic advice

Experience in multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Registered Health Care professional

Job description

Overview

Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.

If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]

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Principal place of work and duties

The principal place of work for this post is Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth. The post holder will generally be expected to undertake their programmed activities at the principal place of work or other locations agreed in the Job Plan. Exceptions will include travelling between work sites and attending official meetings away from the workplace. A planned and cost-effective approach is expected and is included in the DCC sessional allocation. The post holder may be required to work at any site within the Health Board, including new sites.

Role purpose

To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in Community Paediatrics and support the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisation regarding supervision. As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board's patients.

Responsibilities

• To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board's service plans
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board
• Core clinical expertise in Community Paediatrics
• Experience and knowledge of running a subspecialty service
• Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
• Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams
• Providing persuasive strategic advice to HB's and Social Services Departments
• Addressing the Intermediate Care Agenda
• Participating in CPD including Audit
• You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation
• A Teaching and Training Role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
• To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence-based medicine

Working pattern and development

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

Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme

We run a successful Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme within the Health Board, this programme is specifically designed to meet the needs of newly appointed consultants, and offers a current and future focus by:

• developing you as a senior leader, to enable you to effectively contribute to Hywel Dda and its future direction
• enhancing your capability as a senior leader and to support you to deliver organisational priorities
• build capacity for the future, by aligning current priorities with planning for delivering future service
• delivering development aimed at consultants, enabling you to translate the NHS Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MCLF) behaviours into practice

The programme has been designed to support new Consultants to achieve the competencies required from the Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MCLF). This framework has been included within the NHS Leadership Framework (LF), and as such is consistent in its language and approach.

Organisation and services

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Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services, Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.