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 for the post of Clinical Tutor in General Medicine in Morriston Hospital, Swansea. This post is ideal for a trainee (Internal Medicine Trainee) who intends on pursuing a career in medicine and is interested in medical education and teaching and have completed both their Foundation year 1 and 2 posts.
This is a full time teaching post for one year commencing on 7th August 2024 with no on-call commitment. Funding is provided for the successful candidate to undertake a postgraduate certificate in medical education during the course of this year.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to attend induction sessions, teach on medical wards, medical admission units and outpatient clinics, and facilitate teaching and learning opportunities for Graduate Entry Medicine students (year 3 and 4)
The successful candidate 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 Thinzar Min and will be supported by undergraduate medical team on site.
Applicants can spend up to two sessions per week towards their specialty training. Integrating learning opportunities into these sessions is encouraged.
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.
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 South West 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. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and Swansea.com stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Full GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
2. MRCP Part 1/ 2
Eligibility
Essential criteria
3. Eligible to work in the UK
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Completed Foundation year programme or equivalent
5. Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
6. Experience in working in acute medical specialties
Desirable criteria
7. Experience of working in the NHS
Medical Education
Essential criteria
8. Proven interest in teaching undergraduate medical students.
9. Displays an enthusiasm for teaching
Professionalism
Essential criteria
10. Consistently behaves in a professional manner as dictated by the GMC in ‘Good Medical Practice 2024’
11. Demonstrates awareness of responsibilities of being a role model for students learning in the clinical environment.
12. Facilitates learning in an open, supportive and encouraging manner.
Management
Essential criteria
13. Understanding of NHS management structure
Patient Care
Essential criteria
14. Consistent demonstrates high levels of patient care, empathy, respect and compassion.
15. Demonstrates a commitment to shared decision making and working in partnership with the patient and their family.
Motivation
Essential criteria
16. Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate.
17. Ability to work independently to seek out learning opportunities for students.
Personality
Essential criteria
18. Ability to manage own time and workload
19. Flexible and adaptable to competing demands
20. Displays honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
Desirable criteria
21. Demonstrates leadership qualities
22. Commitment to modern teaching and learning practices
Communication skills
Essential criteria
23. Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication
24. Demonstrates capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
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 not necessary