At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team providing top-notch ophthalmology services in South West Wales.
- Company: Swansea Bay University Health Board, dedicated to community health and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and travel expenses covered.
- Other info: Flexible working conditions with opportunities for continuous improvement and leadership.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while advancing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: GMC registration and relevant postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology required.
The post will be based at Singleton Hospital in Swansea where the successful applicants will join a team of supporting specialists working as a South West Wales Regional Ophthalmology Service, with consultants sharing duties across both Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University Health Boards. The successful applicant will join a team of 16 Consultants responsible for the provision of Ophthalmology services to the Health Board. The successful applicant will participate in the 1 in 11 on-call rota at Singleton Hospital, with prospective cover. In exceptional circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinics may be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.
The Surgical Specialties Directorate is an integrated directorate serving Neath Port Talbot Hospital in Port Talbot, and Morriston and Singleton Hospitals in Swansea. The Directorate also provides regional services to patients living along the M4 corridor in South Wales and to the population of West Wales.
Main duties of the job include providing a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team, you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff. In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues, you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.
Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around 1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.
For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
- Qualifications: Registered with the GMC, further relevant postgraduate qualification in ophthalmology FRCOphth, teaching qualification/higher qualification in medical education, on Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in OPHTHALMOLOGY or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview.
- Experience: Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service, high standard of clinical skill and expertise in ophthalmology, expertise in routine and complex cataract surgery procedures.
- Skills: Effective leadership, understanding of effective team working, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to offer expert clinical opinion and decision making over a range of general ophthalmic disorders.
- Personal: Flexible and adaptable to competing demands, commitment to continuous improvement, enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development, empathy and sensitivity.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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