Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic locum paediatrician to assist in reducing our waiting list of children under 5 years of age needing neurodevelopmental assessment.    Many of your duties will be undertaken at Serennu Children’s Centre, which provides healthcare and leisure activities for children and young people with a disability or developmental difficulties throughout south Gwent.

Applicants without a driving licence must be able to travel between health board premises within a reasonable timescale to fulfil the requirements of the post.  Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites. 

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the paediatric neurodevelopmental team your duties will include  assessment clinics and contributing to multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental meetings and ISCAN (Integrated Support for Children with Additional Needs).   

You will also contribute to the pan Gwent Child Protection Rota (Monday – Friday only, with no out of hours responsibilities), with medical examinations performed at The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran.

 

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.