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 paediatric department is looking to recruit one Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow to join their department on a fixed-term basis for 12 months to commence in 2nd September 2026 - 31st August 2027 only. If candidates delay their start date for any reason, the post will still finish on 31st August 2027.
We are delighted to offer this exciting post that will enable the appointee to gain invaluable teaching experience. This post is being created to nurture our vision of improving our successful undergraduate medical education programme. This post will offer opportunities for candidates to gain practical experience in delivering teaching sessions and learn the latest evidence-based medical education practices.
The Clinical Teaching Fellow post is based at Morriston Hospital. Duties will involve the delivery and planning of undergraduate education.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will benefit from access to resources and support from the medical school and will be encouraged to undertake a formal postgraduate qualification in medical education, for which courses are offered by Swansea University. Study leave will be readily granted for this activity.
This post is suitable for doctors who wish to gain formal teaching experience in a department that works closely with Swansea University Medical School. The post is a full-time appointment, but applications from doctors wishing to work on a part-time basis will also be welcomed.
This is a fixed-term post for 12 months.
Travelling between Hospital/Clinic sites may be required to undertake duties. In exceptional circumstances, it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board.
You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and, in exceptional, unforeseen circumstances, may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department. Where such duties take place outside your normal contracted duties, you will receive either an equivalent off-duty period or will be remunerated appropriately.
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.
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.
“These are the current applicable pay scales; however, these may change upon implementation of the framework agreement for reform to the terms and conditions of service for resident doctors and dentists in Wales.