Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Teaching Registrar
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months due to SIFT Funding)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full Time - 40 hours per week - Normal Working days only - no on call committment)
- Job ref
- 130-46477329-0726
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Morriston
- Town
- Morriston, Swansea
- Salary
- £47,946 - £74,328 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
SIFT Clinical Tutor in Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Teaching Registrar
OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:
Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.
Job overview
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 department are looking to recruit a clinical tutor who will be a surgical trainee with an interest in undergraduate education. The post is fixed term for 12 months due to funding. The incumbent would preferably have at least part 1 of the MRCS but more junior applicants would be considered. They should have a proven track record in education, for example contribution to ward based teaching during foundation jobs. The teaching registrar would work under the educational leadership of Mr Gokul KandaSwamy, Consultant Urologist based in Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The specialty attachment in Surgery in the present format for GEM students cover Urology, Breast, Vascular, Colorectal and Upper GI & HPB. The post holder may have to travel between the sites as required to deliver the teaching commitments.
There may be scope for a further extension of 12 months subject to further funding being available from SIFT. Please note that all SIFT posts maximum tenure is 24 months.
Main duties of the job
· Having an overview and ownership of GEM teaching on placement.
· Anticipate and troubleshoot placement related issues in surgery working with leads and medical education centre teams
· Leading ward based teaching for students where required
· Contributing to tutorials during the placement.
· Faculty for simulation for surgical SIMS for 3rd year students, working with simulation leads (usually 18-20 days a year)
· Organising and running a teaching clinic linked to existing clinics
· Supporting students with mini-Cex assessments and sign offs of learning outcomes
· Encouraging the development of examination and clinical reasoning skills
· Promoting principles of prescribing and psychopharmacology
· Providing opportunities for students to practice clinical skills
· Obtaining early informal feedback from students in mid placement reviews
· Supporting students in difficulty
· Promoting the biopsychosocial model, holistic practice, and person centred clinical principles
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the GMC with License to practice
- MBBS or a primary medical qualification recognized by GMC
Desirable criteria
- Further relevant degree/diploma
- Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of appropriate acute and elective surgical experience
- Clinical and procedural skills expected at end of Foundation training
- Understanding of clinical governance and audit procedures
- Clinical and procedural skills expected at the level of Core / Speciality surgical traine
- Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
- Experience of research in Surgery/ Urology
- Clinical and procedural skills expected at the level of Core / Speciality surgical trainee.
- Experience in assessing and managing surgical emergencies
- Have given feedback and assessed others in prior training / area of work
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT and computer skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Broad Surgical clinical skills and knowledge across all subspecialties
- Good time management skills
- Ability to work well in a team or on own
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and training of undergraduate students
- Appropriate operative experience across different surgical specialities
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
- Ability to travel between sites
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands
- Enthusiastic and committed to the role
- Commitment to modern practice
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Gokul Kanda-Swamy
- Job title
- Consultant Urologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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