Senior Clinical Fellow - TAVI in Swansea

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Cardiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (Fixed term post for 12 month period ending February 2028) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Full shift Basic contract 40 hours plus additional hours for on call rota (Average 48 hours per week)) Job ref 130-55818716-031126

Employer Swansea Bay University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Morriston Hospital Town Swansea Salary £56,925 - £80,730 Per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

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.

Applications are invited to join a dynamic team of Cardiologists, based at the Cardiac Centre in Morriston Hospital. We are looking for a visionary and hard-working candidate to join our department, where all Cardiac inpatients are based. The post is fixed term starting February 2027 for 12 months only until February 2028.

The successful post holder will join existing colleagues on the SpR rota, support new and follow up patient clinics for Cardiology and participate in the running of a fast paced, regional Cardiology service within SBUHB.

We welcome candidates with a strong grounding in angioplasty and structural intervention. The successful candidate will join the wider team of cardiologists working at SBUHB to provide secondary cardiology care for the Swansea Bay patients and tertiary cardiac care for the population of Mid and West Wales. We place a great emphasis on continuous professional development and will actively support you in the achievement of personal goals.

Main duties of the job

The new appointee will work with the current team to support the Cardiology service and participate in the SpR rota. The primary focus of the post will be to provide a first-rate outpatient, interventional and follow up service for patients with Cardiology conditions. This will include:

i. Cardiology assessment of acute cardiac admissions to the Cardiac Centre

ii. Participate in an SpR on call rota

iii. Deliver an outpatient review and follow up service for Cardiology.

iv. Manage in patients admitted to the Cardiac Centre.

v. Participate in the Cardiac MDT schedule.

vi. The post holder will be encouraged to undertake clinical research in cardiology, and there is considerable scope for collaboration with colleagues and participation in ongoing research projects.

vii. Participation in the departmental clinical governance and audit program, multi- disciplinary and educational meetings.

viii. Supervision and training of junior medical staff and undergraduate medical students.

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.

Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings ( Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings. We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.

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.

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

Skills

• Good communication skills, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Evidence of participation in multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative.
• Ability to know own limitations and when to seek advice.
• Meet the requirements of the GMC's Good Medical Practice.
• Advanced knowledge of IT.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• Part way through SpR interventional or structural Cardiology training
• Completed/completing SpR interventional or structural Cardiology training
• Higher professional qualification (or part)

Experience

• Significant experience in full time hospital SpR level in Cardiology
• Involvement in audit and research projects.
• Teaching skills
• Experience of research
• Publications in relevant journals

Disposition

Special Requirements

• Commitment to continuing educational and personal development.
• Evidence of continuing education and personal development.
• Valid permit/status to remain/work in the UK

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 BayUniversity 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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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Application numbers

Once this vacancy has received a sufficient amount of applications, then the post may be closed early.

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