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 department are looking to recruit a clinical tutor who will be a ENT/surgical trainee with an interest in undergraduate education. The post is fixed term for 12 months due to funding. The incumbent would preferably have at least part 1 of the MRCS but more junior applicants would be considered. They should have a proven track record in education, for example contribution to ward based teaching during foundation jobs. The teaching registrar would work under the educational leadership of Mr Rhodri Costello, ENT Consultant based in Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The specialty attachment in the present format for GEM students cover within the Ear, Nose and Throat Department. The post holder may have to travel between the sites as required to deliver the teaching commitments.
This post will commence on 4th August 2026 until 3rd August 2027 only in line with the academic year.
Main duties of the job
· Having an overview and ownership of GEM teaching on placement.
· Anticipate and troubleshoot placement related issues in ENT working with leads and medical education centre teams
· Leading ward based teaching for students where required
· Contributing to tutorials during the placement.
· Faculty for simulation for surgical SIMS for 3rd year students, working with simulation leads (usually 18-20 days a year)
· Organising and running a teaching clinic linked to existing clinics
· 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
· Obtaining early informal feedback from students in mid placement reviews
· Supporting students in difficulty
· Promoting the biopsychosocial model, holistic practice, and person centred clinical principles
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.