Job Overview
We are looking for a Consultant Anaesthetist with an Interest in Regional Anaesthesia. The post will support the planned expansion of the Orthopaedic Planned Care Centre of Excellence at Neath Port Talbot, as well as the care of medically complex elective orthopaedic and emergency trauma patients at Morriston Hospital.
Team and Locations
The successful candidate will join a team of 82 Consultants responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services across the Health Board. The post will be based at Morriston Hospital but will involve sessions at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and Singleton Hospital through planned lists and "flexible in year" (FIY) sessions.
Main Duties
The successful applicant will be responsible for the provision of emergency and elective general anaesthesia to the population of the Swansea Bay University Health Board within the scope of practice reflected in the provisional "Job Plan" (see Job Description).
On‑call Commitment
The on‑call commitment will be to the hybrid General Rota at Morriston Hospital. This will include burns admissions out of hours and urgent burns surgery in‑hours on the weekend. The on‑call, out of hours, Consultant Rota is split into two tiers. The first on‑call is the initial responder and the second on‑call, who will provide support within the health board, where deemed necessary by the first on‑call and the clinical requirement at that time. The frequency of weekday on‑calls is 1:16. Weekend cover is 1 in 8, split between resident in‑hours and non‑resident out‑of‑hours work.
Flexible In‑Year Sessions
The provisional job plan includes a "flexible in year" component. These sessions support a candidate's specialist interests as well as providing the department with the ability to facilitate availability against clinical need. The booking of flexible sessions will be by mutual agreement with appropriate notice. The flexible component is undertaken within areas of the consultant's competence or sub‑specialist interest across all sites.
About the Health Board
Swansea Bay University Health Board serves around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. The Board works in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. It operates three major hospitals: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.
Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings. 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), a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University, aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.
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