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.
This is a full-time post for up to one year and is suitable for a resident doctor (core surgical trainee to specialist training) intent on pursuing a career in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. The appointee must have finished their foundation jobs. They must be working towards or have been awarded their MRCS and have a demonstrable interest in medical education.
The post will join a team of 30 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons, 22 middle grade doctors and 15 Junior Doctors. There is also a team of Nurse Practitioners and Surgical Care Practitioners.
Post will commence from 5th August 2026 until 4th August 2027 only. The end date will not be extended if there are delays with start date.
The clinical tutor should make the following contributions to undergraduate teaching:
a. Surgical Specialty Attachment (year 3 & 4)
- Leading ward based teaching for students, including the Surgical Admissions Unit (SSSU)
- Encouraging the development of examination and clinical reasoning skills, pre- and post-operative care, fluid balance and prescribing in medical students through ward rounds, post take rounds, theatre sessions, ward-based teaching and tutorials.
- Providing opportunities for students to practice clinical skills with constructive and structured feedback.
- Contributing to weekly tutorials, which focus on diagnosis and management of patients clerked by the students on placement with an emphasis on, pre- and post-operative care, postoperative complications, consent and fluid balance.
- Running teaching clinics in specific area of surgical practice, which can reflect their personal interests.
- Developing new teaching opportunities for students.
b. Assessment (where possible given the teaching requirements of the programme)
- To assist in question writing, emendation and standard setting of undergraduate medical exams (knowledge and clinical)
- To train as an examiner for OSCE examinations
c. Completion of a Certificate or Diploma in Medical Education – this will be funded by the SIFT committee and should be undertaken in Swansea University unless there are extenuating circumstances.
This post is open to resident doctors interested in pursuing a career in trauma and orthopaedic surgery.
Applicants can spend up to two sessions per week towards their specialty training. Integrating learning opportunities into these sessions is encouraged, for example supporting students in theatre.
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, 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.
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 the current applicable pay scales; however, these may change upon implementation of the framework agreement for reform to the terms and conditions of service for resident doctors and dentists in Wales. Further details can be found at BMA+-+Framework+Agreement+Wales
