Consultant General Surgeon, Benign Upper GI Sub Speciality Interest

This post will join the team of consultants responsible for the provision of General Surgical services to the University Health Board in Cwm Taf Morgannwg. The consultant will be based at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, but may be required to travel and work at other sites across the organisation. The post will be required to share with consultant colleagues in the responsibility of providing outpatient and inpatient services for the local population and in doing so, foster excellent working relationships within and outside the General Surgical department, including medical, nursing, secretarial and support staff, General Practitioners, and management teams. The new appointee will be supporting the upper GI MDT and will be one of the link surgeons responsible for referral of upper GI cancer patients to tertiary centre (Cardiff and Vale). The post will be part of the consultant on call rota on a 1:8 basis with a 10-session job plan with enhanced payment for the on-call commitment. Will be encouraged to develop special interests complementary to the existing Upper GI consultants and should be competent in both open and laparoscopic approaches. Expected to work within a team of consultants providing specialist care for patients with emergency general, urgent and elective UGI disease. Experience and training of a CCT accredited doctor on the Specialist Register., Applications are invited for a Consultant General Surgeon, Benign Upper GI Sub Speciality Interest. The successful candidate will join the existing General Surgical Department at Prince Charles Hospital. The post will have a flexible session programme with a general surgical emergency 'on call' commitment 1:8. The post has been created to provide benign Upper GI service with emergency surgery. The successful applicant will be expected to cover a week on call as part of the emergency surgeon role and will be expected to provide Upper GI services during their non on call weeks. Clinical Sessions include:

• Outpatient Clinics
• Theatre Sessions
• Ward Rounds
• Pre Operative Assessment
• Post Operative Assessment
• On-call
Supporting Professional Activity
• Research
• Clinical Audit and Risk Management
• Administration
  
  Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
  
  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.
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