Consultant In Intensive Care​/Dual Speciality

Recruitment & Accessibility

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on option 3 OR EMAIL abb.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

ABUHB is one of seven acute Local Health Boards in Wales. It provides acute, community and mental healthcare services to more than 670,000 people living in southeast Wales and is one of the largest and busiest NHS health boards/trusts in the UK.

The Grange University Hospital (GUH) has approximately 450 acute beds, 11 operating theatres, additional hybrid theatres for interventional radiology, endoscopy and cardiology services. It has a busy maternity unit with more than 5000 deliveries per year. The anaesthetic and surgical services provide for general, orthopaedic, ENT, ophthalmic, maxillofacial surgery, urology and gynaecology. GUH is the centre for specialist and critical care services, which opened in November 2020.

The Royal Gwent Hospital (RGH), Nevill Hall Hospital (NHH) and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (YYF) are collectively known as enhanced local general hospitals (eLGHs). GUH service provisions include critical care services, emergency surgery, hyper acute stroke care, as well as 7-day specialist input in cardiology, respiratory and gastroenterology.

The advertised post is for a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Acute Medicine based at the Grange University Hospital Critical Care Unit near Cwmbran. The successful candidate will have a 10-session contract and will participate in the on-call rotas for both specialties (weekend ratio split between specialties). Those with other speciality interests should contact Dr Stephenson for further information.

The post comprises a total of 10 sessions typically split into 7 DCC and 3 SPA sessions as per the Amendment to the Consultant Contract (Wales 2003). The sessions will be split between ICM 5.5 sessions and AM 4.5 sessions. Two core SPA sessions will be split 1:1 among these totals with the third additional SPA session to be discussed and split dependent on additional departmental requirements and job planning review.

The post includes an initial job plan with an induction period, followed by quarterly reviews to assess the need for additional SPA sessions. Additional SPA can be considered through the job planning process if required and would be based upon service needs and/or the successful candidate’s interest in developing a specific area.

The ratio of DCCs to SPAs may vary with the agreement of the post holder and the Health Board in advance or after commencement.

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