Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health board in the UK as a Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine. This role involves providing high-quality clinical services and participating in governance processes while ensuring patient care standards are met. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, contribute to service improvements, and help train medical staff. This fixed-term position lasts up to 12 months and offers competitive remuneration.

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC; on Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine or eligible for CCT/CESR.
• Evidence of ability to improve service and work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in educational supervision of junior doctors.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service, including responsibility for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness.
• Participate in risk management and clinical governance activities.
• Contribute significantly to the service and specialty through clinical structure participation.

Skills

Ability to develop effective working relationships

Teaching and training of clinical staff

Education

Registered with the GMC

On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Emergency Medicine

Job description

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Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 07 July 2025

You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff. In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.

You will be required to adhere to the principles of Good Medical Practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.

This post is fixed term for up to 12 months due to workforce planning taking place.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to participate in the Health Board's risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the Clincal service Group, the hospital and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory.

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You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the service and specialty within the Health Board through active participation in the clinical structure.

You will participate in an annualised rota which will encompass clinical shop floor sessions, on call commitments and non patient facing DCC. In some circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.

You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.

The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimise infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge noncompliance by colleagues, and to attend training in infection control provided by the Health Board.

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 responsibilities

You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff. In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.

You will be required to adhere to the principles of Good Medical Practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.

You will be required to participate in the Health Boards risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the Clincal service Group, the hospital and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory.

You will be required to maintain a licence to practice through revalidation, to undergo satisfactory annual appraisal using the all Wales online Medical Appraisal Scheme (MARS) and to formulate a Personal Development Plan, in conjunction with the Clinical Service Director, to identify training and development needs. You will be expected to participate in sufficient personal and professional development to fulfill Royal College and GMC requirements. You will also be required to undergo a job plan review at least annually and to agree and then meet service outcomes.

You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the service and specialty within the Health Board through active participation in the clinical structure.

You will participate in an annualised rota which will encompass clinical shop floor sessions, on call commitments and non patient facing DCC. In some circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.

You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.

The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimise infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge noncompliance by colleagues, and to attend training in infection control provided by the Health Board.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC
• On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Emergency Medicine
• or eligible for CCT / CESR within 6 months of date of interview

Experience

• Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service
• Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff / educational supervision of junior doctors

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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