Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Caerphilly; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking an experienced Specialty Doctor for its Palliative Care Directorate at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospital. The role involves providing medical care for palliative patients, collaborating with healthcare teams, and ensuring high-quality clinical services.

Benefits

Flexible working

Extensive training

Focus on work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Ensure a first-class clinical service.
• Provide effective leadership to all staff in the specialty.
• Sustain and develop teaching and research where appropriate.

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, and any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, so please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

There is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 reflecting the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum). This will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

This vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work within an experienced, innovative team within speciality palliative care? The Specialist Palliative Care Directorate in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking an experienced, compassionate Specialty Doctor to work in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospital.

The Palliative Care Directorate is based within the Primary Care and Community Division of ABUHB, providing care across Gwent.

We are looking for a specialty doctor in Palliative Medicine who, under supervision, will provide effective and appropriate medical care for palliative care patients within Aneurin Bevan Hospitals and the inpatient unit.

We aim to provide coverage between 8:00 and 18:30, with on-site hours from 9 am to 5 pm and potential off-site on-call cover between 8-9 am and 5-6:30 pm. The proposed job plan is attached in the JD, though we are flexible.

Main duties of the job

As a senior employee, the post holder will collaborate with clinical, medical, and managerial colleagues to provide high-quality healthcare.

• Ensure a first-class clinical service
• Provide effective leadership to all staff in the specialty
• Sustain and develop teaching and research where appropriate
• Work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and policies
• Conduct clinical practice within contractual and service plan parameters
• Maintain confidence in business and development strategies for the specialty, division, or Health Board

Working for our organization

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organization committed to caring. We offer opportunities for all career stages, with extensive training, flexible working, and a focus on work-life balance. Our strategy promotes care closer to home and high-quality hospital care, including the new Grange University Hospital.

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Experience

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Skills & Abilities

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Personal Attributes

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