We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:
1. Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
2. Working together- as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
3. Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.
Job overview
Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, dedicated colleague with an interest in asthma to join a team of nine full-time and two academic colleagues who together work across Morriston, Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Hospitals. He / she will join with five Respiratory Physicians and 22 colleagues in other medical specialities, who together support the acute General Medical intake at Morriston.
This post has been created to:
Lead and support the Asthma services across Swansea and Neath / Port Talbot
Expand the Respiratory Team’s input to acute Respiratory Medicine at Morriston Hospital
Main duties of the job
The Respiratory Unit at Morriston provides a referral service for the diagnosis and management of a wide range of respiratory disease with the exception of cystic fibrosis. The Unit has a strong ethos of team working and has close working relations with colleagues in Thoracic Surgery, Radiology and Histopathology.
Respiratory Clinics are accommodated in the Out-Patient Block with Lung Function, Radiology and Phlebotomy services in close proximity, which facilitates a ‘one-stop’ service for many patients. The Lung Function Laboratory is well-equipped with two body boxes, dosimeter for bronchial challenge testing and equipment for cardiopulmonary exercise testing. There are a full range of radiology services including CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and bronchial arteriography. PET scanning is currently undertaken in Singleton. There is a weekly Radiology meeting and a monthly Thoracic Pathology meeting.
Ward J is a designated respiratory ward with 25 beds. The Respiratory Team also has beds on Gowers Ward, which also has six beds under Neurology. Morriston operates a ward-based system for acute medical admissions.
Respiratory Clinics are provided at Morriston, Singleton and Neath / Port Talbot Hospitals. A number of General Chest Clinics run on all three sites.
The department are aspiring to create a dedicated respiratory rota and there is an expectation if successful you will be required to participate on that rota.
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.
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
Essential criteria
4. Registered with the GMC
5. Licensed to Practice
6. On Specialist Register with GMC (including via CESR/European Community Rights) as a specialist in Respiratory Medicine
Desirable criteria
7. Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD; PhD; MSc
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Broad based experience in Respiratory Medicine and GIM
9. Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
10. Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
11. Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
12. Knowledge and participation in CPD
13. Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
14. Knowledge of risk management
15. Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence
16. Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
17. Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
18. Understands information systems and technology
19. Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
20. Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
21. Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
Desirable criteria
22. 'Training the Trainers' experience
23. Evidence of management training
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
24. Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks and undertake responsibility
25. Excellent interpersonal skills and team working skills
26. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team
27. Ability to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of the service
28. Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
29. Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
30. Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
31. Ability to fulfill all duties of post, including on-call commitments and travel to meet requirements of the post
Desirable criteria
32. Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn
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. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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