Job Overview
This an exciting opportunity to join the Anaesthetics team at Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion which is an area of outstanding beauty offering a fantastic quality of life alongside a developing professional role. We are looking for a highly committed and motivated individual to join our Anaesthetics team to deliver a high quality service to our patients, and get involved with the forward looking wider developments currently being considered.
Main duties of the job
To provide with consultant colleagues, an Anaesthesia service for general, orthopaedic, gynaecological, obstetric and ophthalmic surgery both urgent and elective surgery.
Theatre sessions are available in a variety of specialties and will be agreed with the successful applicant based on Sub-specialty interests.
The department works a fully flexible rota that includes elective theatre lists, urgent surgery/trauma lists, as well as day time ITU sessions. There are day and night resident on call consultants covering theatres and ICU as well as a 2 nd on call form home, 7 days of the week.
The on call attracts a band 3 supplement and is provided on a rolling rota basis which is specific to Bronglais.
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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