Consultant, Surgeon, Doctor​/Physician

This is a replacement consultant post within the Wales Fertility Institute, joining an established team delivering regional tertiary fertility services across South Wales. The post holder will provide high-quality consultant-led reproductive medicine care, supporting patients through diagnostic assessment and fertility treatment pathways while contributing to safe, effective and patient-centred service delivery. The role is based primarily across Neath Port Talbot and Cardiff, with cross-site working as required to meet service needs.

The successful candidate will also contribute to clinical leadership, service development, education, training, governance and research within a university-affiliated specialist fertility service., The post holder will provide consultant-level reproductive medicine services, including outpatient fertility consultations and specialist IVF-related procedures such as oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer and surgical sperm retrieval. They will work closely with consultant colleagues and the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and efficient care, maintain responsibility for patients under their care, and contribute to high standards of clinical governance, risk management and continuous service improvement.

The role includes participation in the consultant on-call rota, supervision and training of junior doctors and other staff, support for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, involvement in audit and research activity, and active contribution to service planning, leadership and development across the Wales Fertility Institute service.

• Registered with the GMC
• Licensed to practice
• On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in WFI or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
• MRCP/MRCS/MRCPsych/MRCGP/FRCR etc. or equivalent - please amend for relevant specialty, Further relevant dFurther relevant degree/diplomaegree/diploma
• Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education, Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff ("Working Together")
• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service ("Always Improving")
• Values partnership with other agencies ("Working Together")
• Development and commissioning of WFI services (what specific experience do you require of the post?)
• Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
• Experience of research in WFI
• (Specific) Experience of e.g. WFI, Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
• Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change ("Working Together")Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change
• Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare ("Caring for each other")
• Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly ("Caring for each other")
• Understands information systems and technology
• Clinical Skills (what specific clinical skills are required of this post?), Demonstrates learning in Improvement science…