Consultant Physician

Job summary

To provide a service in General Medicine at YYF.

Specific responsibilities of the post are listed in the next section.

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.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

- To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service

- To provide effective leadership to all 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 Division's and Health Board's service plans

- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division or the Health Board

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to provide a spectrum of flexible and responsive services for the Medical Directorate at YYF for all age groups across the Health Board, specifically:

• A comprehensive Acute Medicine Service for the Borough of Caerphilly
• Development and clinical delivery of comprehensive geriatric services at YYF
• Support the running of the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and participate in the Adult Medicine take 7 days a week (the consultant on-call rota is one in 11 but with this appointment, the new appointee will be working a one in 12 on-call consultant as pro-rota)
• The post holder will be based in MAU 8am to 4 pm once a week (pro-rota) - 2 sessions
• The post holder will participate in GIM on-call one in 12 pro-rota basis (Monday to Friday) and weekend AM and PM session one in 12 pro-rota basis which will be the new revised on-call
• Acute inpatient assessment and treatment and will be based in ward 3.2 and working closely with two Intermediate Care Consultants.
• General and specialist outpatient clinics (Encouraged and will be supported to develop new geriatric/medical sub-specialty)
• This is flexible consultant job to support work life balance and further flexibility to increase or reduce sessions is open for discussion following appointment.
• Support and training of medical staff, nurses and other members of the MDT
• To provide effective leadership to multidisciplinary staff members

About us

The Local General Hospital for the Caerphilly County Borough - Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (YYF) - opened in November 2011. The hospital replaced the 85 year old Caerphilly Miners' Hospital and Ystrad Mynach Hospital and some smaller community units in the County Borough, with the most up to date health facilities. YYF is a 269 bed Local General Hospital with a floor area of 30,146m2 arranged over four levels. Central to the development of the hospital was the inclusion of 100% single ensuite bedrooms which help to ensure the provision of high quality care, aid the reduction of hospital acquired infection rates and address the privacy and dignity needs of patients. The new Breast Unit is currently under construction and should be operational by January 2024 as the main centre for breast surgery.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.