Job Description

We are looking for a Consultant Anaesthetist with an Interest in Major General Anaesthesia. This post will be based at Morriston Hospital and will support general lists at the Planned Care Centre of Excellence at Singleton Hospital, as well as the care of medically complex orthopaedic and urological patients in Morriston Hospital.



The successful candidate will join a team of 82 Consultants responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services across the Health Board. The post will be based at Morriston Hospital but will involve sessions at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and Singleton Hospital through planned lists (please see provisional job plan) and 'flexible in year' (FIY) 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 hybrid General Rota at Morriston Hospital. This will include burns admissions out of hours and urgent burns surgery in-hours on the weekend. The on-



call, out of hours, Consultant Rota is split into 2 tiers. The 1st on-call being the initial responder and the 2nd on-call, who will provide support within the health board, where deemed necessary by the 1st on-call and the clinical requirement at that time. The frequency of weekday on-calls will be 1:16. Weekend cover will be 1 in 8, split between resident 'in hours' and non-resident 'out of hours' work.



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. The booking of flexible sessions will be by mutual agreement with appropriate notice. The flexible component is undertaken within areas of the consultant's competence or sub-specialist interest across all sites.



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 available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.