The post holder will join a large team of consultants, specialist registrars, core trainees, advanced nurse practitioners, and will contribute to outpatient and inpatient clinical care, including the Acute Oncology Service and the Assessment Unit. The post holder will participate in the consultant 24-hour on call rota (pro-rata approximately 1 in 30 for 1.0 whole time equivalent), which is of low intensity. There is a mentoring scheme for newly appointed consultants with a senior consultant. There is a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme for counselling support for all staff, providing confidential assistance with any work, personal or family issues., Your job plan contains 8 Programmed Activities per week on average at the locations specified below, and includes on-call at VCC (pro-rata, approximately 1:30, low intensity). This is an outline programme and you will discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.

The job plan will be reviewed annually with the clinical director. The initial job plan for this post is proposed to be:

Job Plan

An approximation is given for guidance purposes only at this stage.

Number of programmed activities (3.75 hrs)

Programmed activities for direct clinical care:
Scheduled care clinics 3 MDMs including travel 0.5 Clinic admin 1.80

On call and ward round
Monthly average on call - approx. 1:30 pro-rata for 0.8 WTE 0.20

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.