Locum Community Consultant Paediatrician in Aberystwyth

The principal place of work for this post is Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth. The post holder will generally be expected to undertake their programmed activities at the principal place of work or other locations agreed in the Job Plan. Exceptions will include travelling between work sites and attending official meetings away from the workplace. A planned and cost‑effective approach is expected and is included in the DCC sessional allocation. The post holder may be required to work at any site within the Health Board, including new sites.

To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate), a service in Community Paediatrics and support the development of sub‑speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisation regarding supervision. As a senior employee of the Health Board, the post holder will work in close co‑operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board's patients.

Main duties of the job:

• Ensure the provision and delivery of a first‑class clinical service
• Provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• Undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies
• Conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board's service plans
• Maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board

Core clinical expertise in Community Paediatrics:

• Experience and knowledge of running a subspecialty service
• Leadership and team‑building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
• Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams
• Providing persuasive strategic advice to HB's and Social Services Departments
• Addressing the Intermediate Care Agenda
• Participating in CPD including Audit
• Maintain professional development for Revalidation
• Teaching and training role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
• Undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence‑based medicine

About Us:

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in‑hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Job responsibilities:

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.

Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme:

• Develop you as a senior leader, to enable you to effectively contribute to Hywel Dda and its future direction.
• Enhance your capability as a senior leader and to support you to deliver organisational priorities.
• Build capacity for the future, by aligning current priorities with planning for delivering future service.
• Deliver development aimed at consultants, enabling you to translate the NHS Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MCLF) behaviours into practice.

Person Specification:

Essential Qualifications:

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
• Valid BLS Training
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable:

• Appropriate Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, or MSc or equivalent
• Community Paediatrics Portfolio Pathway (Formally CESR)
• On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT due within 6 months of interview date
• Or Portfolio Pathway (CESR) or equivalent
• European Qualifications for Specialist Registration
• Or CCT or Portfolio Pathway (CESR)-CP in General Paediatrics without Community Child Health (CCH) is acceptable if the applicant can show how they have acquired the Level 3 CCH competencies

Clinical Experience:

Essential:

• Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
• Knowledge and participation in CPD
• Competence in Community Paediatrics
• Extensive and broad based community paediatric experience to able to work at consultant community paediatrics

Desirable:

• Experience of NHS Wider experience, research, and training in providing sub‑specialty service
• Evidence of above average performance
• Additional clinical qualification(s)

Clinical Governance:

Essential:

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice

Desirable:

• Knowledge of risk management

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 organising programmes and 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship:

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.