Job Description

This is a fixed term, 1 year, consultant paediatrician post, covering maternity leave. This is a traditional consultant post with no contribution to Tier 2 rota. The post-holder would be part of a team of 9 consultants providing paediatric and neonatal care in PCH and 2 community paediatricians . Neonatal experience required to support on-site neonatal services.



This post is fixed term for up to 12 months to cover maternity leave.



English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply



Contribution to the non-resident Consultant on-call rota and In-patient service week for paediatrics (consultant of the week) for Paediatric ward and Neonatal Unit. During the non-resident out of hours, consultants are responsible to provide cover for the General Paediatric ward and Neonatal unit (32 weeks and above model). Babies requiring continued intensive care / ventilation are retrieved by the Regional Neonatal Transport Team and taken to one of the Tertiary Units in South Wales. There is a dedicated CTM safeguarding rota in place Monday - Friday during normal hours. The post holder will be expected to contribute to this rota once a months.



The post holder will be allocated sessions in the outpatient clinics for managing children with general acute and chronic paediatric disorders.



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.



Contribution to the non-resident Consultant on-call rota and In-patient service week for paediatrics (consultant of the week) for Paediatric ward and Neonatal Unit. During the non-resident out of hours, consultants are responsible to provide cover for the General Paediatric ward and Neonatal unit (32 weeks and above model). Babies requiring continued intensive care / ventilation are retrieved by the Regional Neonatal Transport Team and taken to one of the Tertiary Units in South Wales. There is a dedicated CTM safeguarding rota in place Monday - Friday during normal hours. The post holder will be expected to contribute to this rota once a months.



The post holder will be allocated sessions in the outpatient clinics for managing children with general acute and chronic paediatric disorders.