Details:
- Salary: £105,401 - Annum
- Location: Cardiff
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
Client Name: Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Role: Locum Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care - 12 month fixed term contract
Salary: £105, 401 per annum. Plus additional benefits such as NHS Pension scheme
Shifts: Full time. Job plan available on request. Visa sponsorship is available
Location: Cardiff, South Wales
Benefits:
Over 5,000 new job requests received every week. Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
Competitive pay rates
Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
A dedicated point of contact
Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
Lucrative referral scheme
Revalidation support
24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.As a consultant in Paediatrics, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the provision of young patient care services across the four main areas of paediatrics including general paediatrics, neonatology, community paediatrics and paediatric cardiology.
Working flexible shifts at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, you will join the paediatric workforce, providing specialist expertise in diagnosing and treating the medical conditions affecting infants, children and young people while also being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors and trainees.
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.
As a Consultant Paediatrician, you will be dedicated to imparting complex knowledge and championing skill enhancement throughout the paediatric department. Leading by example you will be encouraging uptake for the wide range of development and support packages available.
General key skills
In addition to your qualifications, as Paediatric Consultant, you will have:
Quick thinking abilities
Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
Excellent attention to detail
A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
Excellent timekeeping
A pro-active approach to research and academia
Empathy and understanding
A flexible attitude
A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
Active listening skillsMain Duties/Responsibilities
As a Paediatric Consultant with Cardiff & Vale University Health Board you will:
Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
Coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment.
Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
Conduct research to help develop and test surgical techniques and equipment that can improve operating procedures and outcomes
Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Essential
MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
Full GMC registration, or at least in progress
If you are looking for a consultancy role within a Trust that continuously strives to achieve excellence and embody its core values, apply today and be a part of something unique