Job Description

This is an existing post to replace a consultant Rheumatologist at Prince Charles Hospital. It will complement the Rheumatology service in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.



The post holder will be joining a dynamic, forward looking and innovative medical team. The post holder will be based at Prince Charles Hospital. The post holder will be expected to help develop rheumatology services provided by the Health Board in PCH and across CTMUHB as part of a wider integrated team.



Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.



The successful candidate will work alongside another rheumatology consultant in PCH, as well as a further six rheumatology consultants across the Health Board. This post is currently supported by a Specialty Doctor, two Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialists, a Pharmacist, a GIM Specialty Registrar on rotation and an Internal Medicine Trainee on rotation.

Welsh Skills Desirable:

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or 'B1' Level if you've learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn't mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the 'Croeso Candidate!' guide attached below for more information.



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 500,000 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.



The department typically undertakes around 500 new outpatient and 4000 follow-up outpatients per annum. This includes new, follow up & monitoring patients seen by the rheumatology team. In addition support is provided to inpatients via referral. There are no dedicated rheumatology inpatient beds. Outpatient osteoporosis and DXA services are also provided under the umbrella of the rheumatology department and the post holder may be expected to contribute to this service in agreement with colleagues and job-planning requirements.



The Rheumatology Department at PCH receives support from the Department of General Medicine during instances when rheumatology patients require acute admission; with advice and input from Rheumatology. Outside normal working hours, the care of inpatients is supported by the on-call medical team. Each Rheumatology Consultant sees 8-10 New Patients and 30-34 follow-up patients during 4-5 clinics held each week.



Day-unit treatments are supported by a dedicated facility based off-site in Dewi Sant Hospital and by a medical day unit for urgent treatment required on-site.



The team work closely with both the physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments to support multidisciplinary care for patients.



The successful candidate will be responsible for routine rheumatology work at PCH. The suc cessful candidate would be expected to develop an additional area of specialist interest and work with the existing team to integrate this into the service.



The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients under his/her care, allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff.



The post holder, in liaison with other consultant colleagues will have responsibility for the proper functioning of the department in line with any Health Board operational / strategic plan(s) (as amended from time to time).



The post holder will support junior medical staff in day to day clinical activities within the department.