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 HB.



The neonatal department are looking for a Junior Clinical Fellows to join the department on a fixed term basis to cover period of maternity leave.



The neonatal unit at Singleton Hospital is a busy level 3 unit. with 14 critical care and 10 special care cots although the unit frequently provides more care than this due to the flexible use of nursing staff. There are 11 neonatal consultants in post. In addition to deanery trainees, middle grade cover is provided by highly trained ANNPs, resident consultants, MTI trainees and senior clinical fellows. The unit was recently fully refurbished to very high standards. Critical care cot provision is expected to increase following service reconfiguration within the Health Board. We have recently opened a state of the art new transitional care facility and special care area adjacent to the refurbished postnatal ward. The unit is the lead level 3 (tertiary) unit for South West Wales and functions as part of the Wales Maternity and Neonatal Network.



One post will be available from as soon as

possible (July 25 ) .The post is available

for 12 months with the potential to extend. The

postholder will join a team of doctors and

ANNPs on the Tier 1 rota. You will be

required to participate in the shift system for

the first tier of medical staff which includes out

of hours duties. The unit is well known for its

friendly and supportive atmosphere and the

excellent teaching and training provided.

It is highly desirable that candidates have

previous experience of working in the NHS

with knowledge of NHS working practices and

systems or equivalent. It would be useful,

though not mandatory, to have previous

paediatric or neonatal experience. You will

provide a clinical service in conjunction with

your colleagues, under the direction of the

Consultant Neonatologists, which will include

the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis

and treatment of illness. You will be provided

with access to IT facilities. The use of the

Badgernet database is required for daily data

entry and generation of summaries. Training

will be provided in these areas if required.



Access to a shared doctors' office will also be

provided.



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.

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 other 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 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.



For more details in relation to this post, please

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the full job description and person specification.

These are available bilingually, in both English and

Welsh.