Consultant General Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in Upper GI
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Job Overview
We are looking to appoint motivated consultant laparoscopic general surgeons with a specialist interest in Upper GI. These are dual location posts between Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen and Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest. The out of hour on-call for emergency general surgery will take place at Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest and the frequency is a 1:4.
Job Overview
We are looking to appoint motivated consultant laparoscopic general surgeons with a specialist interest in Upper GI. These are dual location posts between Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen and Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest. The out of hour on-call for emergency general surgery will take place at Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest and the frequency is a 1:4.
For the posts we require experienced surgeons who are able to manage the spectrum of surgical problems encountered in a rural district general hospital. The successful applicants will have wide experience in General Surgery and colorectal with laparoscopic skills. There are two permanent posts available.
The posts are offered on the amended terms of the Consultant Contract Wales on an optional whole time 37.5 hour working week, 10 sessions.
Main duties of the job
* To ensure the provision and delivery of a quality and safe clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to all junior 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 General Surgery
* Endoscopy and Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery
* Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
* To support the scheduled care directorate in meeting referral to treatment ministerial targets and SCP (standard cancer pathway) targets
* Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams
* 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 SAS Level medical staff
* To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based medicine
* You are expected to maintain your professional development for revalidation
* A teaching and training role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
Working for our organisation
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, inc luding our volunteers, through:
* Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and With ybush 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 Re source 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 p roviders 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.
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.
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