This post is a fixed term 6 months post to complement the current team of Consultants based in Bronglais General Hospital. You will join colleagues in a very dynamic and forward looking unit.
This post comes during a period of Health Board-wide service reviews, including a comprehensive reconfiguration of services for the Women and Childs Health Directorate in West Wales. The aim is to provide a spectrum of flexible and responsive services for the Women's and Child Health Directorate across the Health Board, encompassing:
* Development of a comprehensive service across the Health Board
* Enhancement of early pregnancy and antenatal day assessment units services
* Enhancement of ambulatory gynaecology and minimal access services.
* Effective leadership to multidisciplinary staff members of the unit with specific reference to labour ward.
* Development of teaching, training and research within the Organisation.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
* To share the responsibility for the acute care of Obstetrics and Gynaecology during week days and out of hours.
* To support the development and delivery of a new services in hospital and in the community
* To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of the Division's and Health Board's agreed objectives.
* To develop and deliver a comprehensive service in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* To Participate in MDT and see women in Rapid Access Clinic
Teaching/Training (as agreed with Clinical Lead/Hospital Director/AMD/MD)
* To provide conditions for improved training opportunities
* To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme
* To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for F1s, F2s, STs, Speciality Doctors and other staff as appropriate
* Where agreed, to act as Educational Supervisor to junior and middle grade medical staff
Audit (as agreed with Clinical Lead/Hospital Director/AMD/MD)
* To promote evidence-based clinical practice
* To undertake regular audit
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy:
Hywel Dda in three Counties:
https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY
Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk& t=33s
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
* MRCOG
Desirable
* ATSM in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* Additional qualifications
* On Specialist Register/SpR due to obtain relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview
Clinical Experience
Essential
* Broad based experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
* Competence in speciality of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Desirable
* Experience of NHS
* Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
Clinical Governance
Essential
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
Desirable
* Knowledge of risk management
* Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
Research
Essential
* Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
Desirable
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
* Research degree
Teaching
Essential
* Evidence of involvement teaching medical students and junior doctors
Desirable
* Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
* Training the Trainers experience
Management
Essential
* Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
Desirable
* Evidence of management training
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