Locum Consultant in Palliative Care

Job summary

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR UPTO 6 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE

Thispost is a locum consultant post responsible for the provision of Specialist Palliative Medicine services to the specialist palliative care team in the north of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB (CTM), based mostly at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon (Mountain Ash) and also in Prince Charles Hospital (Merthyr Tydfil), and serving the populations of Merthyr and Cynon Valleys.

The post holder, in association with the other consultants in the Health Board, will be jointly responsible for provision of specialist palliative care across the whole organisation. On occasions, this may require the post holder to provide cover for, or work in, other areas of the Health Board.

The Community Services Directorate, where this service sits managerially, is undergoing a period of change and innovation in almost all areas including palliative care. This post holder will be, with other clinical colleagues, involved in discussion, and key to the success of service change and development. The post will be advertised substantively as soon as the service change has been concluded.

Main duties of the job

Main duties are as follows :

The post holder will, with clinical colleagues (as appropriate), provide a service in the specialty to patients within Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, with responsibility for the diagnosis and treatment of illness.

The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients under his / her care

Teaching:

The post holder will be responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to and participating in postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally.

6.3 Management

The postholder will be required to co-operate with local management in the efficient running of services.

There is a requirement to work within the financial and other constraints decided upon by the UHB.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

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 450,000 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.