Speciality Doctor Reproductive Medicine in Port Talbot

Port Talbot Full-Time On-site

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OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:

Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.

Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first

Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

The Specialty Doctor in Reproductive Medicine will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team within Wales Fertility Institute, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, safe and patient-centred fertility services. The post is due to commence in December 2026 and is on a permanent basis.

WFI provides assisted reproduction services through a multidisciplinary team including medical staff, embryologists, nursing, laboratory, counselling and administrative colleagues, with care tailored to patients undergoing fertility investigation and treatment.

The post holder will provide medical expertise across the fertility pathway, supporting the assessment, investigation, treatment planning, clinical management and ongoing review of patients accessing reproductive medicine services. The role will contribute to maintaining timely patient pathways and effective utilisation of available clinical capacity.

Working closely with Consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team, the Specialty Doctor will support the delivery of planned clinical activity and provide appropriate clinical decision-making within their level of competence and responsibility.

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The post holder will contribute to:

Assessment and clinical management of patients referred for fertility investigation and treatment.
Review and interpretation of appropriate investigations and development of individualised treatment plans.
Delivery of reproductive medicine clinics and treatment pathways.
Patient counselling and informed decision-making regarding appropriate treatment options.
Clinical procedures appropriate to the post holder's competence and experience.
Effective multidisciplinary working with medical, nursing, embryology, counselling, laboratory and administrative teams.
Maintaining high standards of patient safety, clinical governance and documentation.
Audit, quality improvement and service development within WFI.
Supporting efficient use of clinical capacity and delivery of planned and commissioned activity.
Maintaining professional development and participating in appropriate education and training activities.

Working for our organisation

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.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second largest city and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cosy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and Swansea.com stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, the primary purpose of which will be to promote an effective regional fertility service with excellent patient related outcomes. Working with clinical 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 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 compelled to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.

You will be required to adhere to the principles of good medical practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.

You will be required to participate in the Health Board’s risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the Delivery Unit and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory. You will be expected to give evidence of improving services in line with the Health Care Standards for Wales.

You will be required to maintain a licence to practice through revalidation, to undergo satisfactory annual appraisal using the all Wales online Medical Appraisal Scheme (“MARS”) and to formulate a Personal Development Plan, in conjunction with the Clinical Lead WFI, to identify training and development needs. You will be expected to participate in sufficient personal and professional development to fulfill Royal College and GMC requirements. You will also be required to undergo a job plan review at least annually and to agree and then meet service outcomes.

You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or age. The Health Board is a Two Tick Disability Symbol user and is committed to fulfilling the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Applications are welcomed from Disabled persons and a disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability as defined by the DDA please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a position will be invited to interview.

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If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

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