Senior Clinical Fellow - Anaesthetics

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking motivated individuals to join their anaesthetic department in Swansea. This role offers the chance to work across multiple sites, providing essential clinical services and ensuring patient safety. With opportunities for quality improvement projects and teaching, successful candidates will play a key role in a dynamic peri-operative team. This position promises a fulfilling career in a supportive environment focused on continuous improvement and collaboration. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in Anaesthesia.
• Registered with GMC and Licence to Practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness.
• Deliver safe anaesthesia for ASA 1-3 patients.

Skills

Anaesthesia

Quality Improvement

Patient Care

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Post Graduate qualification in Anaesthesia

ALS or equivalent

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.

We are looking for motivated individuals with a minimum of three years anaesthetic experience to join the department. This post is based in Swansea and you will be required to work across several sites in Morriston, Neath Port Talbot and Singleton Hospitals to support the anaesthetic department and become an integral part of our Peri- operative team across all three sites.

There are great opportunities for successful candidates to undertake a variety of subspecialty elective work. The on call commitment frequency will be no more than 1:8 with prospective cover. Although not recognised for training the successful candidates will have opportunity to participate in teaching, audit and QI projects where possible.

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.

The appointee will be expected to be able to deliver safe anaesthesia within their capabilities for ASA 1-3 patients and seek senior help as appropriate. You will be working with consultants and other colleagues in multi-professional teams for the well-being of all patients under your care. 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 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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

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Person Specification
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Essential

• Demonstration of involvement in quality improvement projects

Desirable

• Quality improvement undertaken and demonstration of impact

Qualifications
Essential

• MBChB or equivalent Registered with GMC and Licence to Practice
• Post Graduate qualification in Anaesthesia or Part Primary FRCA
• ALS or equivalent

Desirable

• Other relevant resuscitation courses e.g. EPALS, PROMPT

Experience
Essential

• Minimum of 3 years in Anaesthesia
• At least 1 year NHS experience

Desirable

• 3 months ITU experience

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