Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD297-0425
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £106,000 - £154,760 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Gastroenterology
Consultant
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join the Gastroenterology team within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB).
This vacancy will be based at the Princes of Wales Hospital (POWH) in Bridgend but the successful candidate will be required to work across CTM.
The successful candidate will be part of the Senior Clinician team that manage the Gastroenterology ward at POWH as well as joining the Gastrointestinal bleed rota for CTM.
A complementary specialist interest would be welcomed.
*Please note that the Job Description is pending RCP Approval
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Interview date: 24th June 2025
Main duties of the job
o Work with the rest of the consultant body to provide strong professional leadership within the department and deliver a high-quality service following clear departmental policies and guidelines.
o Provide professional and managerial supervision of junior medical staff.
o Follow UpToDate evidence-based practice for patients under their care to deliver safe and robust gastroenterology management: allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff, to ensure that concise agreed management plans are clearly documented in the medical notes of all patients.
o Undertake ward rounds to identify and assess problems, plan management of care, and be actively available during the working week so that medical and nursing staff can communicate and consult freely.
o Ensure that an appropriate model of care is adopted which recognises the involvement of the multi-disciplinary team, the holistic needs of the patient and their family.
o Ensure that the use of medical and nursing resources within the department are utilised to the maximum potential.
o Develop and maintain good communication with clinical colleagues across the Health Board regarding the treatment of their patients and the appropriate use of the department’s resources.
o The new appointee will participate in a 1 in 11 GI Bleed on-call rota across RGH and PCH sites.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full roles and responsibilities for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP of equivalent
- On specialist register or be within 6 months of CCT/CESR
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience & training in general gastroenterology and general internal medicine.
- Experience of working within a similar role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr David Samuel
- Job title
- Consultant Hepatologist and Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443 443
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