Locum Consultant for General Internal Medicine

Job summary

This locum post comes during a period of Health Board-wide service reviews. The appointee will be based at the Royal Gwent Hospital (RGH), Newport, responsible primarily for effective service delivery within General Internal Medicine services on the RGH site with the support of consultant colleagues.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build their career.

The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.Specialised services are available 24/7 to meet the needs of the most seriously ill via a single cutting-edge specialist critical care centre, supported by a more efficient and effective network of local general hospitals and enhanced primary and community services provides the framework of this model of care.

The Royal Gwent Hospital (RGH) transitioned into an Enhanced Local General Hospital maintaining an undifferentiated medical intake with an Acute Medical Unit and medicine specialities in General Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology and Geriatric Medicine.

Main duties of the job

This post has been created to facilitate the ongoing reconfiguration and expansion plans for the GIM needs in line withincreasing demands.The post holders will be actively involved in the ongoing development of services, with full and appropriate agreementwith the appointee and clinical director.We are in the fortunate position to be able to offer flexible job plans to meet needs of individuals whilst supportingservice expansion.The post holder will be qualified in General Medicine and may have a subspecialty interest. They should be either onthe Specialist Register or be within 6 months of applying to be on the Specialist Register.4It should be possible to support the special/subspecialty interests of the successful candidates. The existing consultantworkforce may flex their Job plans to accommodate the development needs of the newly appointed locum consultant.The number of total sessions (PA's) is 10.The sessional commitment will be reviewed with planned electronic job planning later this year. On call supplementwill be paid as per Welsh consultant contract.The post holder will make a very important contribution to provide strategic clinical expertise to the planning,

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

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 Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.