Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Prince Charles Hospital Town Merthyr Tydfil Salary £110,240 - £160,951 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2025 23:59
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This is an existing post to replace a consultant Rheumatologist at Prince Charles Hospital. It will complement the Rheumatology service in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
The post holder will be joining a dynamic, forward looking and innovative medical team. The post holder will be based at Prince Charles Hospital. The post holder will be expected to help develop rheumatology services provided by the Health Board in PCH and across CTMUHB as part of a wider integrated team.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work alongside another rheumatology consultant in PCH, as well as a further six rheumatology consultants across the Health Board. This post is currently supported by a Specialty Doctor, two Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialists, a Pharmacist, a GIM Specialty Registrar on rotation and an Internal Medicine Trainee on rotation.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or ‘B1’ Level if you’ve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn’t mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the ‘Croeso Candidate!’ guide attached below for more information.
Working for our organisation
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 500,000 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The department typically undertakes around 500 new outpatient and 4000 follow-up outpatients per annum. This includes new, follow up & monitoring patients seen by the rheumatology team. In addition support is provided to inpatients via referral. There are no dedicated rheumatology inpatient beds. Outpatient osteoporosis and DXA services are also provided under the umbrella of the rheumatology department and the post holder may be expected to contribute to this service in agreement with colleagues and job-planning requirements.
The Rheumatology Department at PCH receives support from the Department of General Medicine during instances when rheumatology patients require acute admission; with advice and input from Rheumatology. Outside normal working hours, the care of inpatients is supported by the on-call medical team. Each Rheumatology Consultant sees 8-10 New Patients and 30-34 follow-up patients during 4-5 clinics held each week.
Day-unit treatments are supported by a dedicated facility based off-site in Dewi Sant Hospital and by a medical day unit for urgent treatment required on-site.
The team work closely with both the physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments to support multidisciplinary care for patients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for routine rheumatology work at PCH. The suc cessful candidate would be expected to develop an additional area of specialist interest and work with the existing team to integrate this into the service.
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients under his/her care, allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff.
The post holder, in liaison with other consultant colleagues will have responsibility for the proper functioning of the department in line with any Health Board operational / strategic plan(s) (as amended from time to time).
The post holder will support junior medical staff in day to day clinical activities within the department.
Person specification
GMC Registration
* On specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Rheumatology OR eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and passed exit exam OR a statement of eligibility for registration issued by GMC OR a primary medical qualification and recognised specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
* Registered with GMC with licence to practice
Leadership
* Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
* Demonstrates learning in improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service
Teaching
* Evidence of teaching and training of post / undergraduate clinical staff
* Teaching qualification / Higher qualification in medical education
* Experience of research
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.
Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.
Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.
All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.
We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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