Community Consultant Paediatrician

at  Hywel Dda University Health Board

The principal place of work for this post is currently Elizabeth Williams Clinic, Llanelli. The post holder will generally be expected to undertake their programmed activities at the principal place of work or other locations agreed in the Job Plan. Exceptions will include travelling between work sites and attending official meetings away from the workplace. A planned and cost-effective approach is expected and is included in the DCC sessional allocation. The post holder may be required to work at any site within the Health Board, including new sites.
To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in Community Paediatrics and support the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness.
All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisation regarding supervision.

As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients.

• To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board’s service plans
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board
• Core clinical expertise in Community Paediatrics
• Experience and knowledge of running a subspecialty service
• Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams
• Delivering care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams
• Providing persuasive strategic advice to HB’s and Social Services Departments
• Addressing the Intermediate Care Agenda
• Participating in CPD including Audit
• You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation
• A Teaching and Training Role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Educational Supervisor role to Junior and Middle Grade Medical Staff
• To undertake regular multidisciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence-based medicine

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).

COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.
Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme
We run a successful Consultant Development and Mentoring Programme within the Health Board, this programme is specifically designed to meet the needs of newly appointed consultants, and offers a current and future focus by:
developing you as a senior leader, to enable you to effectively contribute to Hywel Dda and its future direction.
Enhancing your capability as a senior leader and to support you to deliver organisational priorities
build capacity for the future, by aligning current priorities with planning for delivering future service.
delivering development aimed at consultants, enabling you to translate the NHS Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MCLF) behaviours into practice
The programme has been designed to support new Consultants to achieve the competencies required from the Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MCLF). This framework has been included within the NHS Leadership Framework (LF), and as such is consistent in its language and approach

Please refer the Job description for details