Senior Clinical Fellow Trauma & Orthopaedics

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A health board in the UK seeks a post-holder at ST3 equivalent level. Duties include clinical service in trauma and elective orthopaedic inpatients, managing patient care, and participating in clinical governance. The successful candidate will receive mentorship and support for professional development.

Qualifications

• Must adhere to the principles of good medical practice.
• Must comply with current procedures for infection control.
• Participation in clinical governance is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service responsible for illness prevention and treatment.
• Manage trauma and elective orthopaedic inpatients.
• Participate in the Health Board's risk management process.

Skills

Clinical diagnosis and treatment

Patient management

Infection control

Risk management

On-call participation

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 Health Board.

The post-holder will work at ST3 equivalent level. Duties include trauma and elective theatre sessions, fracture and elective clinics, managing trauma and elective orthopaedic inpatients, and 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 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, responsible for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
• You will have continuing responsibility for the well‑being of all patients under your care.
• You must adhere to the principles of good medical practice as laid down by the General Medical Council.
• You will 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 covering radiation exposures as outlined in IRMER regulations.
• You will comply with current procedures for infection control, including dress‑code, and will attend training provided by the Health Board.

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 approximately £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board that partners with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The Health Board has three major hospitals providing a range of services: 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 in 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 the Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University, aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.