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
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 to join a dynamic team of Cardiologists, based at the Cardiac Centre in Morriston Hospital. We are looking for a visionary and hard-working candidate to join our department. The post holder will join the interventional cardiology and structural teams within the Cardiac Centre, where all Cardiac inpatients are based. Post is fixed term for 12 months only.
The successful post holder will join existing colleagues on the SpR rota, support new and follow up patient clinics for TAVI and participate in the running of a fast paced, regional TAVI service within SBUHB.
We welcome candidates with a strong grounding in angioplasty and structural intervention.
The successful candidate will join the interventional cardiologists working at SBUHB to provide secondary cardiology care for the Swansea Bay patients and tertiary cardiac care for the population of Mid and West Wales. We place a great emphasis on continuous professional development and will actively support you in the achievement of personal goals.
Main duties of the job
The new appointee will work with the current team to support and develop the 10 Structural Interventional programme and participate in the SpR rota. The primary focus of the post will be to provide a first-rate outpatient, interventional and follow up service for patients with aortic valve disease:
i. Cardiology assessment of acute cardiac admissions to the Cardiac Centre
ii. Participate in an SpR rota
iii. Deliver an outpatient review and follow up service for aortic valve intervention.
iv. Manage in patients under the ‘TAVI team’
v. Participate in the Cardiac MDT schedule.
vi. The post holder will be encouraged to undertake clinical research in cardiology, and there is considerable scope for collaboration with colleagues and participation in ongoing research projects.
vii. Participation in the departmental clinical governance and audit program, multi- disciplinary and educational meetings.
viii. Supervision and training of junior medical staff and undergraduate medical students.
The Primary PCI service treats approximately 400 STEMI calls per annum. The TAVI service implants approximately 250 patients per annum. The clinic work load associated with this results in a clinic list of 6 new patients per list.
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.
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.
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
Special requirements
Essential criteria
4. •Commitment to continuing educational and personal development.
5. •Evidence of continuing education and personal development.
6. •Valid permit/status to remain/work in the UK
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Good communication skills, interpersonal and organisational skills.
8. Evidence of participation in multidisciplinary team.
9. Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative.
10. Ability to know own limitations and when to seek advice.
11. Meet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.
Desirable criteria
12. Advanced knowledge of IT.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
13. Full GMC Registration.
14. Part way through SpR interventional or structural cardiology training
Desirable criteria
15. •Completed/completing SpR interventional or structural cardiology training
16. •Higher professional qualification (or part)
Experience
Essential criteria
17. •Significant experience in full time hospital SpR level in Cardiology
18. •Involvement in audit and research projects.
19. •Computer/IT/Research skills
Desirable criteria
20. •Teaching skills
21. Experience of research
22. Publications in relevant journals
Disposition
Essential criteria
23. •Approachable manner and flexible attitude
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