Job Description

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.

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 for a Senior Clinical Fellow post in critical care medicine to commence at a time discussed at interview with the potential of an immediate or delayed start date. This is a permanent post and will suit applicants with a minimum of 6 months critical care and one year anaesthetic experience or equivalent. A successful applicant must demonstrate a commitment to maximise their learning during this exciting opportunity to further their training in the United Kingdom.

Main duties of the job

The department will provide educational training opportunities equivalent to existing training programmes. Educational goal setting and assessment will consist of regular educational supervisor meetings and competency based workplace based assessments as needed to support the individual. There will be time given to develop a subspecialty interest.

The critical care unit supports a wide range of regional medical and surgical specialties and can provide training in the full range of practical procedures utilised in modern critical care.

The post will be based at Morriston Hospital and will provide opportunities to gain excellent experience in a wide range of critical care cases and undertake audit/quality improvement projects with the support of the department. The successful candidate is expected to participate in the departments Intensive Care teaching program.

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 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 South West 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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post is flexible and has an on-call commitment on a full shift rota system. The out of hours duties will be the same as those of the existing trainees in the department and provide cover to the ICU Senior rota.

For more details in relation to this post please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC
• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCP, MRCEM, Primary FRCA or equivalent

Desirable

• FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
• Relevant degree
• Life support qualifications

Experience
Essential

• 1 year anaesthesia
• Experience of working in NHS or similar healthcare
• 6 months critical care
• MDT working

Desirable

• Additional experience in Anaesthesia or Critical Care
• Up to date with current practices in Critical Care
• Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
• Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate

Desirable

• Teaching Skills

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