Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- LAS ST Higher in Cardiology
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term 6th August 2024 - 5th August 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Full shift Basic contract 40 hours plus additional hours for on call rota (Average 48 hours per week))
- Job ref
- 130-32499625-03032025
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Morriston Hospital
- Town
- Swansea
- Salary
- £1813.28 per week paid monthly
- Closing
- 17/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
LAS ST Higher Cardiology
LAS ST Higher in Cardiology
OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:
Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.ÌýÌý
Ìý
Job overview
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 Cardiology Department at Morriston Hospital, Swansea are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individuals to join their team to undertake a 6-month fixed term LAS ST3+ post from 7th August 2024 - 5th August 2025.Ìý
Main duties of the job
Although this post is not recognised for training, participation in educational programmes, audit and research will be encouraged and supported.
The successful candidate will be working together with the wider clinical team of Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Junior Doctors and other Allied Health Professionals to provide high quality, safe and effective clinical care. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will participate on the Full shift rota. Salary stated includes payment for banding supplement for full shift rota.Ìý
Working for our organisation
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.ÌýÌýÌý 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.Ìý
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.Ìý
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, cozy 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 liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the person specification.Ìý
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP Part 1 and MRCP(UK) full diploma by offer date
- MM BS or recognised equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Full MRCP (UK) at the time of application
- Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
- Up to date with current practices
- Working as part of the management team
- Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
- Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
- Experience in the assessment of emergencies
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing patients with severe acute medical disease.
- Experience at core level of managing patients with cardiovascular disease and managing cardiovascular emergencies
- Evidence of some capabilities in the specialty as defined by the relevant curricula
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies
- Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills written
- Management & Leadership skills
- Understanding Values
Desirable criteria
- MDT working
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at the advertised post start date
- Have evidence of achievement of foundation competences
- Have evidence of achievement of Internal Medicine Stage 1 capabilities
- Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as assessed by the General Medical Council
Academic Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement or formal research project
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of teaching experience and/or training in teaching
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of research methodology
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, and involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic publications
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement project or other activity
- Evidence of involvement in teaching students, postgraduates and other professionals and evidence of participation in a teaching course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Eynon
- Job title
- Cardiac Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Oldway Centre
SA1 5AW
List jobs with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Medical and Dental or all sectors