NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
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
We are looking for a Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Burns anaesthesia to join our established team. The post will support the newly reconfigured Burns Centre and ongoing development of services as part of the COVID 19 recovery plan.
This post will be based at Morriston Hospital and will support the reconfiguration of the Burns Centre. The Burns Centre has been established for over 30 years and serves a population of 10m people from Aberystwyth to Oxford. It has a reputation for being one of the outstanding Burns centres in the UK. A recent major investment has allowed for the development of a new bespoke theatre and ITU area, providing excellent facilities and a sustainable model of working.
There will also be the opportunity for the successful candidate to undertake a variety of other subspecialty elective work through a number of flexible sessions.
The locum post will be primarily aligned to the General Anaesthetic service which will be based at Morriston Hospital but will include covering lists in the Centre of Excellence for Orthopaedics and Spinal at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and the Singleton Centre of Excellence for Planned Care.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be responsible for the provision of emergency and elective general anaesthesia to the population of SBUHB within scope of practice reflected in provisional ‘Job Plan’ (please see Job Description)
Out of hours work in the first instance will likely comprise of resident weekend CEPOD or MSK Trauma days (10- 12hrs) at a frequency no more than 1:8. Joining the ‘General on call’ rota will be considered, subject to service requirements.
As a locum job, a proposed job plan will be negotiated on successful appointment. We aim, but cannot guarantee, to provide a reasonable split of fixed and flexible working. This will be subject to service requirements and by the nature of the post is likely to encompass more flexible working than fixed.
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 Southwest 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. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered with the GMC
* Licensed to practice
* CCT in Anaesthesia (or expected within 6 months of interview) or on Specialist Register with GMC (or expected within 6 months of interview)
* Advanced Training Module in Burns Anaesthesia as part of CCT/CESR or equivalent experience and expertise in Burns anaesthesia
* Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
Experience
* Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (”Working Together”)
* Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (“Always Improving”)
* Values partnership with other agencies (”Working Together”)
* Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
* Development and commissioning of anaesthetic services
* Evidence of research in Anaesthesia
Skills & Abilities
* Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
* Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change (”Working Together”)
* Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare (“Caring for each other”)
* Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly (“Caring for each other”)
* Understands information systems and technology
* Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (“Always Improving”)
Personal Attributes
* Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
* Ability to undertake on-call
* A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service (“Always Improving”)
* Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals
* Ability to take a lead role in service development
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.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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