Job summary
- Main area
- Community Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 130-40077415-0324
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Neath Port Talbot Hospital Childrens Centre
- Town
- Port Talbot
- Salary
- £52,542 - £82,418 per annum pro rata for part time employees
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor Community Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental Specialty Doctor
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.
We are looking to recruit one full time or 2 part time (0.6) Specialty Doctor(s) to join our team in Community Paediatrics in Swansea Bay. The post holder will provide a clinical service in conjunction with colleagues and under the direction of a Consultant Community Paediatrician. This is a replacement post. The number of sessions and base can be flexible to meet the needs of the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
The Community Child Health Services cover the Unitary Authority areas of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. These are mainly urban with rural communities to the west and north of the coastal strip. There are pockets of significant deprivation in several of the inner city wards with a Jarman Index of 3.47 for Neath Port Talbot and 5.57 for Swansea. Neath Port Talbot has five wards with the highest deprivation in Wales and also has the highest incidence of teenage pregnancy. There were 98 children on the Child Protection Register(2021) in Neath Port Talbot and 253 in Swansea. The child population covered in Neath
Port Talbot is 28,090 (2021 census) and in Swansea is 46,840.
There is a Child Development Centre at Singleton (Hafan y Mor) and Neath Port Talbot hospitals. These are the bases for the Community Paediatricians, as well as the Paediatric
therapists. They form vital hubs for wider multiagency working with colleagues from education, social services, and third sector organisations.
The post holder will provide a clinical service in conjunction with colleagues and under the direction of a Consultant Community Paediatrician.
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 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, 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed Job Description which outlines the main responsibilities and duties of this post for your information.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC/GDC Registration
- Enhanced DBS Check
- MBBCH or recognised equivalent
- 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent) at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialtyOr as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty Or equivalent experience/competencies
Desirable criteria
- Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health or equivalent by examination. DCH/DCCH or higher.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
- Up to date with current practices - familiarity with clinical research methodology and evidenced based practice
- Liaison with other agencies
- evidence of participation in , progressing and completing audit
- Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems
- 3 years post registration experience as a medical practitioner at SHO/SG or higher
- 6 months community paediatrics or hospital paediatrics including neonatology or general paediatric experience
- Experience in Clinical Audit
- Working as part of the Management Team
Desirable criteria
- Experience in teaching and training
- Post qualification experience in general practice
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
- Ability to take independent decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
- Ability to manage own time and workload
- Experience of the assessment of emergencies
- Able to work as a member of a team or on own initiative
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate sensitively with patients, relatives and staff
- Understanding of information systems and technology
- Undertake child health surveillance
- Experience in developmental assessments
- Experience in child protection assessments
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skill
- Experience in audiological assessments
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands
- Driving license/ability to travel between sites
- Commitment to modern practices
Desirable criteria
- Ability to undertake on call/shift working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Surekha Tuohy
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Community Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01792 516481
- Additional information
Dr Veena Bisht
01639 862731
Mrs Michelle Mason-Gawne
Divisional Manager Children and Young People Services Singleton Hospital
01792 205666 ext 38912
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Oldway Centre
SA1 5AW
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