At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team of Consultants providing top-notch gastrointestinal services and improve patient care.
- Company: Swansea Bay University Health Board, a leading healthcare group in the UK.
- Benefits: Professional training, inclusive culture, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply; diverse applicants welcome.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while advancing your surgical career.
- Qualifications: GMC registration and experience in general surgery required.
The predicted salary is between 46000 - 52000 £ per year.
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.
This is a full-time post joining a team of Consultants responsible for the provision of general (gastrointestinal) specialty services to the Health Board. The majority of these surgeons have sessions in both Morriston and Singleton Hospitals, but all major surgery and emergency intake occur on the Morriston site. Swansea provides elective and emergency general surgical services to Swansea and the Neath/Port Talbot area which amounts to a population of around 400,000. The well-established colorectal unit has a National reputation providing local and regional services. Swansea is the sub-regional pancreatic surgical service, which undertakes pancreatic resection for the whole of South Wales and takes referrals of complex pancreatitis patients. Swansea has the only accredited NHS bariatric centre in the whole of Wales. SBUHB are reconfiguring services in line with the South Wales Programme review of services, to ensure they remain safe and sustainable in the future. This post is based at Morriston Hospital, but will involve working at other locations within the Health Board. We reserve the right to transfer you, following consultation, to any of its locations, in accordance with the needs of the service. In such circumstances, a change of base may carry an entitlement to excess travel payments.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a clinical service 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.
- You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.
- 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, to identify training and development needs.
- You will also be required to undergo a job plan review at least annually.
- You will participate in the 1 in 16 on call rota at the Morriston Hospital, with prospective cover.
- In exceptional circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled. Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Registered with the GMC
- Licensed to practice
- On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in General Surgery 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
- FRCS
Experience
- Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (
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