Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health board in Swansea seeks an orthopedic consultant to provide clinical services for trauma and elective surgeries. Ideal candidates will possess GMC registration, be MRCS certified, and demonstrate effective teamwork and leadership skills in a dynamic environment. The position supports ongoing professional development with dedicated mentorship opportunities.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include Full GMC/GDC Registration and MRCS or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years postgraduate training with relevant specialty experience.
• Teaching and training experience of medical staff is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service for trauma and elective patients.
• Participate in governance and risk management processes.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical Skills in Orthopaedics

Ability to take independent clinical decisions

Assessment of emergencies

Education

Full GMC/GDC Registration

MRCS or recognised equivalent

4 years full-time postgraduate training

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.

The post-holder will work at ST3 equivalent level and duties include trauma and elective theatre sessions, fracture and elective clinics, managing trauma and elective orthopaedic inpatients, assessing and reviewing emergency trauma admissions. The post will consist of a combination of service provision for the adult trauma and elective inpatient service and will be supported in taking study leave for professional development. An educational supervisor will be allocated to help support and mentor the post-holder both clinically and with career development.

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 your colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care. You will be required to adhere to the principles of good medical practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.

You will be required to participate in the Health Board's risk management process, clinical governance and any other healthcare governance activities within the department, the delivery unit and the Health Board. Adherence to the Caldicott Principles of information governance is mandatory.

You will participate in the on call rotas with a rotation between Neath Port Talbot and Morriston Hospitals, with prospective cover.

You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations.

The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimize infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge non-compliance by colleagues, and to attend training in infection control provided by the Health Board.

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 Southwest 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

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC/GDC Registration
• MRCS or recognised equivalent
• 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty Or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty OR equivalent experience / competencies

Desirable

• Post FRCS (Ortho or S/N)
• Further relevant degree/diploma/teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
• Up to date with current practices in Trauma and Orthopaedics or Neurosurgery
• Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
• Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit

Desirable

• Liaison with other agencies
• Experience of research in Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and/or Spinal Surgery
• Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
• Experience of the assessment of emergencies
• Clinical Skills in Orthopaedics OR Neurosurgery
• Appropriate operative experience

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