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.
Full-time locum consultant post, fixed term to March 2027 in the first instance to support Glaucoma services. The post will be based at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, where the successful applicant will join a team of 16 Consultants responsible for the provision of Ophthalmology services to the Health Board.
In exceptional circumstances, it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinics may be required to undertake such duties. Travel expenses will be remunerated according to the Health Board policy and procedures for claiming.
Main duties of the job
You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team, you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care, allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff.
In partnership with clinical and managerial colleagues, you will also have responsibility for the safe, efficient, and effective functioning of the services in which you work, in line with the values, operational policies, and integrated medium-term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board. You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety.
About us
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 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.
Job responsibilities
For more details in relation to this post, please refer to the full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in OPHTHALMOLOGY or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
* Further relevant post-graduate qualification in ophthalmology FRCOphth
* Registered with the GMC
* Licensed to practice
Desirable:
* Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
Experience
Essential:
* 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)
* Where a sub-specialty interest is required, sub-specialty training should be to a level appropriate for UK consultant sub-specialist practice - fellowship or equivalent level experience
* High standard of clinical skill and expertise in ophthalmology
* Expertise in routine and complex cataract surgery procedures
* Experience of participation in the on-call rotas and emergency cover
* Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
* Evidence of initiating, progressing, and completing audit
Skills & Abilities
Essential:
* 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
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion and decision making over a range of general ophthalmic disorders (in both emergency and elective cases)
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable:
* Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (Always Improving)
Personal Attributes
Essential:
* 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)
* Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
* Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand, and involve people see people as individuals
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