Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job overview

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is looking for a dynamic individual to join our Emergency Department at the specialist critical care hospital, Grange University Hospital (GUH). The successful candidate will join a well-established team and will provide clinical and team leadership within a passionate and committed multi-disciplinary team. This currently comprises of 26 Consultants, 1 Associate Specialists, 7 Specialty Doctors, 10 Specialist Registrars, 23 junior doctors comprising ACCS,  GPVTS,  F2’s,  CT posts, 4 ST3 posts and  Clinical Fellow posts. There is a Consultant Nurse, a team of ENP’s and nursing staff with extended scope of practice and a team of ACPs and PAs on the GUH site. CPN led liaison psychiatry service within the Department.

This post will be principally based at the GUH, Cwmbran. However some sessions may be located at the peripheral Minor Injury Units at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Nevill Hall Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr or in the ABUHB Flow Centre, Cwmbran. These post have been designed to enhance the Consultant presence in the new Department.

The successful candidates must possess excellent background knowledge in Emergency Medicine and an appropriate higher qualification (e.g. FRCEM).

Main duties of the job

This post will be principally based at the GUH, Cwmbran.

Some sessions may be located at the peripheral Minor Injury Units at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Nevill Hall Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr or in the ABUHB Flow Centre, Cwmbran.

There would be opportunities for a portfolio career with strong departmental links with the Emergency Medicine Retrieval and Transfer Service, local Critical Care Unit and local Universities.

The successful candidates must possess excellent background knowledge in Emergency Medicine and an appropriate higher qualification (e.g. FRCEM).

The Department has recently been built as part of the Grange University Hospital which opened in November 2021 -The Department consists of 8 Resus Bays, a 26-trolley Majors bay, 5 Assessment bays, and a co-located Children’s Emergency Assessment Unit. The new extension will comprise a larger waiting room

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including  - an adults and children’s barred list check

Applicants must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC

Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT/CESR(CP) date within 6 months of interview.