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.
This is a locum post for initially 3 months to join a complement of six Consultants, and a number of resident medical staff responsible for the provision of Specialist Palliative Medicine services to the Health Board.
The post will be based at Singleton Hospital which is home to the South West Wales Cancer Centre, haematology inpatient care and general medical beds. Following the Acute Medical Service redesign project in Swansea Bay Singleton hospital will become a centre of excellence for cancer care. The post holder will be the lead Palliative Medicine doctor for Singleton hospital with medical and CNS support on a daily basis. Regular Palliative Medicine Consultant support will be available in Singleton also, alongside support from other specialities. The post will be part of the wider Swansea Bay Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with Consultant colleagues to provide high-quality specialist palliative care across Swansea Bay University Health Board, delivering clinical input primarily within the specialist hospital team while contributing to the consultant on‑call rota, offering expert telephone advice, and supporting first‑on‑call junior and middle‑grade doctors. They will collaborate with hospital and community teams to optimise symptom management, rehabilitation and end‑of‑life care, while also engaging with voluntary sector partners to enhance patient support. A significant educational role includes teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate learners, acting as an Educational Supervisor, contributing to Swansea and Cardiff university teaching programmes and supporting the training of Wales’s large cohort of higher trainees in palliative medicine. The post holder will actively participate in clinical audit, quality improvement, clinical governance meetings and All‑Wales palliative care groups, helping develop care pathways, guidelines and research activity. They will also contribute to the effective management of the service by supporting the Clinical Director and directorate team, working within financial and operational constraints, ensuring appropriate organisation of medical staff, adhering to Health Board policies and participating fully in appraisal, revalidation and ongoing continuing professional development.
About us
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward‑thinking organisation.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered with the GMC
* MRCP
* On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Palliative Medicine 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 recognised specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
* Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
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
* Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare
* Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly
* Understands information systems and technology
* Advanced Communication Skills
* Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service
Personal Attributes
* Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
* A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning and continually develops skills and the service
* Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
* Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals
* Ability to undertake on‑call
Experience
* Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi‑disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
* Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service
* Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
* Values partnership with other agencies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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