This consultant post sits in the Critical Care team of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, spanning intensive care and emergency medicine. The job plan carries at least 1.5 SPA sessions, with daily sit-rep meetings to share capacity and regular meetings with the wider critical care team. New consultants are buddied with an existing consultant, and hot-desking is available across all three sites. Applicants need GMC registration, CCT or CESR in intensive care medicine and a second specialty, and eligibility to work in the UK.
What the job involves
- Work to a job plan with at least 1.5 SPA sessions, negotiated on appointment and reviewed annually
- Attend daily sit-rep meetings to support mutual aid across the Health Board
- Attend monthly site-specific meetings with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager
- Attend bi-monthly pan-CTM meetings with the whole Critical Care team
Qualifications
- MBBCh, MBBS or relevant medical degree
- CCT or CESR portfolio in intensive care medicine
- CCT or CESR portfolio in a second specialty
- Postgraduate qualification in intensive care
- Postgraduate qualification in emergency medicine
- Advanced Life Support and/or ATLS provider
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
Experience
- Out-of-hours or hospital-at-night experience
- Extensive experience in intensive care and an allied specialty
- Experience of working in the NHS or an equivalent healthcare system
- Experience in audit and/or quality improvement
- Experience of teaching undergraduates or postgraduates
Skills & knowledge
- Works within multidisciplinary teams
- Communicates well in English with team members, patients and families
- Escalates problems and seeks help when needed
- Works under pressure
Nice to have
- Experience at consultant level in intensive care medicine
- Experience in clinical research
- Formal qualification in teaching or education
- Welsh language speaker or learner
- Qualification in bedside echocardiography or ultrasound
What’s offered
- Leading NHS pension
- Generous leave
- Flexible working
- Career growth and ongoing learning and development
- Free car parking on all sites and NHS Wales salary sacrifice scheme for fleet cars
- Buddying with an existing consultant and SPA time for new consultants' development
- Free UpToDate access, Health Board laptop and remote access to ICCA and Welsh Clinical Portal
- Staff discount card, wellbeing rooms and mindfulness sessions