Locum Consultant Orthopaedic/Neuro Surgeon With An Interest In Spinal

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job description

We are looking for a Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon with expertise in Adult trauma, Adult deformity and Adult degenerative spinal management, to join a closely-knit team of existing seven consultants. We are looking for successful candidate to join as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will increase our team to eight consultant surgeons, with the ability to provide comprehensive spinal management between three hospitals: Neath Port Talbot hospital, Singleton hospital and Morriston hospital. While complex spinal and unscheduled spinal surgery will remain in Morriston hospital, scheduled and uncomplex surgery will be developed in Neath Port Talbot hospital, which is growing as a specialist Orthopaedic and Spinal Elective Surgery unit.

The new member to the existing team will need to maintain the excellent communication and teamworking skills which already thrive in our unit. The service is consultant-led and consultant-delivered, with support from Allied Medical Practitioners. The Welsh Deanery also allocates a Specialist Registrar to the Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit, with some of the timetable spent within the spinal unit. The On Call spinal rota is hosted by the Trauma and Orthopaedic On Call team, with referrals for spinal opinions requested by the Orthopaedic Registrar On Call as necessary. This means that non-operative and non-complex spinal admissions to hospital are mainly managed by the admitting Orthopaedic and Trauma team, with spinal support as required.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Effective leadership ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
• Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people receptive to appropriate change (Working Together)
• Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare (Caring for each other)
• Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly (Caring for each other)
• Understands information systems and technology
• Clinical Skills in spinal Surgery

Desirable

• Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (Always Improving)

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (Working Together)
• Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
• Fellowship training in Spinal Surgery

Desirable

• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (Always Improving)
• Values partnership with other agencies (Working Together)
• Development and commissioning of spinal surgery services
• Experience of research trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with the GMC
• Licenced to practice
• On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Trauma & Orthopaedic (Spinal) Surgery or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
• Wide range of skills in orthopaedic surgery scheduled and unscheduled

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
• Ability to undertake full role in general trauma on-call rota
• A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service (Always Improving)
• Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development

Desirable

• Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people see people as individuals

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