Consultant in General Paediatrics

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Job OverviewRef: 100-MED-GGH-228Post: Consultant in General PaediatricsBase: Glangwili General Hospital, CarmarthenSalary: £86,063 - £111,732 Per annumThe Paediatric Service is seeking to recruit a motivated, dynamic, forward thinking Consultant Paediatrician, to join the team at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen.This is a replacement full-time post, to support the reconfiguration of the child health service and develop the service in response to the recent centralisation of maternity and paediatric care in West Wales; you will join colleagues in a very dynamic and forward-looking General Paediatrics department. The neonatal service has merged across the units in the 3 counties to enable BAPM standards are met and provide ongoing paediatric training.This post is primarily based in Carmarthenshire with agreement to provide care for children and young people in Pembrokeshire. The SCBU (based at Glangwili) plays its part in the South Wales Neonatal network, with CHANTs providing transport.Main duties of the jobThis full-time position at Hywel Dda University Health Board with be predominately based in Glangwili Hospital with some scheduled clinical commitments on other sites. The split is 7 DCC and 3 SPAs.There will be a requirement to contribute to 1:12 consultant of the ward week, covering acute paediatrics and SCBU along with safeguarding medical referrals.The on call is on spilt weekends on 1 in 8 specific to this job and based at Glangwili Hospital. The clinics duties consist of general clinic in addition to a sub-specialist interest clinics per week as agreed with job plan.Working for our organisationHywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.