Consultant Rheumatologist

This is a replacement post, which has become available following partial retirement and changes to working patterns of the existing senior rheumatology team. It will complement the Rheumatology service in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
The post holder will be joining a dynamic, forward looking and innovative medical team. The post holder will be based at the Princess of Wales Hospital. The post holder will be expected to help develop rheumatology services provided by the Health Board in PoWH and across CTMUHB as part of a wider integrated team.
The Job Description is pending Royal College Approval.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply., The successful candidate will work alongside three rheumatology consultants in PoWH, as well as a further five rheumatology consultants across the Health Board. This post is currently supported by 2 rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, an osteoporosis clinical nurse specialist, Rheumatology Specialist trainee (StR), and a junior clinician on rotation (GP trainee - shared with the dermatology service)., The Rheumatology Department at PoWH receives support from the Department of General Medicine during instances when rheumatology patients require acute admission but with advice and input from Rheumatology. Outside normal working hours, the care of inpatients is supported by the on-call medical team. Each Rheumatology Consultant sees 8-10 New Patients per week, and 32-34 follow-up patients during 4-5 clinics held each week.
Day-unit treatments are supported by a dedicated facility based off-site in Neath Port Talbot Hospital and by a medical day unit for urgent treatment required on-site.
The team work closely with both the physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments to support multidisciplinary care for patients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for routine rheumatology work at PoWH. The successful candidate would be expected to develop an additional area of specialist interest and work with the existing team to integrate this into the service.
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients under his/her care, allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff.
The post holder, in liaison with other consultant colleagues will have responsibility for the proper functioning of the department in line with any Health Board operational / strategic plan(s) (as amended from time to time).
The post holder will support junior medical staff in day to day clinical activities within the department.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

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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.