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.
This is a full-time post for up to one year and is suitable for a trainee (core medical trainee to specialist training) intent on pursuing a medical career. The incumbent must have finished their foundation jobs. They must be working towards or have been awarded their MRCP and have a demonstrable interest in medical education.
The clinical tutor would work under the educational leadership of Dr Sujoy Banerjee, and on-site support will be provided by Dr Susan Tucker, Care of the Elderly Physician.
Main duties of the job
The clinical tutor should make the following contributions to undergraduate teaching:
Supporting Specialty Attachments (year 3 & 4)
Leading bedside-based teaching for students.
Contributing to tutorials during the placement.
Supporting students with mini-Cex assessments and sign offs of learning outcomes.
Encouraging the development of examination and clinical reasoning skills.
Promoting principles of prescribing and psychopharmacology.
Providing opportunities for students to practice clinical skills.
Supporting students in difficulty.
LOCS (Learning Opportunities in a Clinical Setting)
Providing opportunities for 1st and 2nd year students
Assessment (where possible given the teaching requirements of the programme)
To assist in question writing, emendation and standard setting of undergraduate medical exams (knowledge and clinical)
To train as an examiner for OSCE examinations
Completion of a Certificate or Diploma in Medical Education
Working for our organisation
Swansea Bay University Health Board is responsible for the health of around 390,000 people across Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. With a £1 billion budget and 12,500 staff, we are a University Health Board working closely with Swansea University, its School of Medicine, School of Health Science, and the Institute of Life Science. Our main hospitals include Morriston and Singleton in Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot Hospital in Baglan.
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services are delivered both in hospitals—such as Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea, Caswell Clinic, and Taith Newydd in Bridgend—and in community settings. We also operate community hospitals and primary care resource centres offering services outside our main hospitals.
The Health Board is a partner in ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health), working with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University to enhance the wellbeing and economy of Southwest Wales.
Swansea, Wales’ second-largest city, sits on the scenic Swansea Bay and is a great base for exploring South-West Wales. It offers a vibrant mix of shops, cafes, restaurants, galleries, and outdoor activities, with access to the stunning Gower Peninsula. The city also boasts top sporting venues including the Wales National Pool and Swansea.com Stadium—home to the Ospreys and Swansea City FC
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
1. Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Desirable criteria
2. Full GMC registration with a license to practice full MRCP
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
4. Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
5. Liaison with other agencies
6. Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
7. Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of research in Care of the Elderly Medicine
9. Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
10. Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
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.
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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 not necessary