Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- LAS ST Lower (Locum Appointment for Service Specialty Trainee) Oncology
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (for 6 months to cover training gap until 3rd February 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Full shift Basic contract 40 hours plus additional hours for on call rota (Average 48 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 130-52776085-180925
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Singleton Hospital
- Town
- Swansea
- Salary
- £1,739.92 Band/LL B p/w paid monthly which inc on call supplement
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
LAS ST Lower in Oncology
LAS ST Lower (Locum Appointment for Service Specialty Trainee) Oncology
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 Oncology Department in Singleton Hospital, Swansea are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individuals to join their team to undertake a 6-month fixed term LAS ST Lower post to start as soon as possible until 3rd February 2026.
It is intended that this post will provide an excellent learning opportunity and will enhance individual’s CV’s.
Main duties of the job
Although this post is not recognised for training, participation in educational programmes, audit and research will be encouraged and supported.
The successful candidate will be working together with the wider clinical team of Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Junior Doctors and other Allied Health Professionals to provide high quality, safe and effective clinical care. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will participate on the Full shift rota. Salary stated includes payment for banding supplement for full shift rota.
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.
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.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- You must hold a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, MBBS) degree or other equivalent medical qualification.
- • Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the General Medical Council (GMC) at the advertised post start date for the vacancy.
Desirable criteria
- • MRCP (UK) Part 1
Clinical knowledge - •
Essential criteria
- Interest in, and understanding of, the training programme.
- • Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
- • Ability to prioritise clinical need.
- • Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
- • Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient.
- • Awareness of the professional, legal, ethical and governance framework of NHS practice
- • Evidence of self-reflective practice.
Workplace skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work in multi-professional teams and supervise colleagues.
- • Ability to lead, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members.
- • Ability to manage/prioritise own and others’ time effectively.
- • Ability to work safely under pressure and deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty.
- • Ability to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues.
- • Good basic IT skills, including Microsoft Office, email, and ability to learn new systems.
Academic knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
- • Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
- • Knowledge of evidence-informed practice.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of management.
- • Experience of research.
- • Experience of audit and quality improvement.
- • Experience of teaching.
- • Evidence of postgraduate study.
- • Evidence of research achievements, e.g. publications, presentations and posters.
- • Evidence of teaching feedback.
- • Evidence of training in teaching.
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 not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Ashton
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Oldway Centre
SA1 5AW
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