Job Description

We are looking for a Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist to join our established team. The post is a replacement post for an upcoming retirement and will be based at Singleton Hospital.



There will also be the opportunity for the successful candidate to undertake a variety of other subspecialty elective work across the health board through a number of flexible sessions.



The successful applicant will be responsible for the provision of emergency and elective general anaesthesia to the population of SBUHB within the scope of practice reflected in the provisional 'Job Plan' (please see ).



The on-call commitment will be to the Obstetric Anaesthetic Rota at a minimum frequency of 1 in 8. In addition to emergency obstetric care, and in rare circumstances, the post will include out of hours emergency cover of the CEPOD theatre.



The successful applicant will work with and support 2 resident anaesthetists, one of which has sole responsibility to the labour ward and the other to the wider hospital and labour ward.



The provisional job plan includes a "flexible in year" component. These sessions are included in order to both support a candidates specialist interests as well as providing the department with the ability to facilitate availability against clinical need.



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.



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.