Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics & Critical Care

There are three 8-12 bedded Critical Care units across the health board and a Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) at our Royal Glamorganhospital. Our department includes a Pain Management service supported by pain nurses, providing services for acute and chronic painmanagement with weekly interventional lists. Our Pre-Operative Assessment service has won numerous national awards for its innovativeapproach and quality improvement projects and is leading the way in the standardisation and improvement of Pre-Operative services acrossWales.You will be joining us at an exciting time for the organisation as we develop regional diagnostic and day surgery facilities at Llantrisant HealthPark at our Royal Glamorgan site for the communities of South East Wales; Clinical Leadership for this programme is provided by one of ourConsultant Anaesthetists.Secretarial support and office space is provided on each of our hospital sites, staff have access to meeting and training rooms and restfacilities. Hot desking facilities and library facilities are provided within each site and laptops are available for remote access working. There isfree parking on all sites and lease cars are available via the NHS Wales Salary Sacrifice scheme

Clinicalo Assist in the provision and development of safe, effective and efficient anaesthetic and critical care services across the Health Boardo Participate in the resident on-call rota for out of hours emergency work, including weekends; frequency 1:8 with prospective coverTeachingo Clinical teaching and supervision of junior staff including postgraduates within the departmento Involvement in departmental teaching meetings, journal club and study dayso Participate in the departmental audit and quality improvement teaching sessionsQuality Improvement & Assuranceo Participate in departmental audit and quality improvement projectso Participate in risk management processes and clinical governance activitieso Actively engage in research and developmento Actively engage in continuous professional developmentManagemento Co-operate with local management in the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues the medical contribution tomanagemento Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocolso Review and develop policies for clinical practice and effectivenesso Participate in the strategic planning for the serviceo Work within financial and other constraints of the departmento Comply with current local and national employment and personnel policies and procedureso Ensure that arrangements are in place for the organisation of medical staff and that they are allocated duties in accordance with thework of the department