Job vacancy: LAS ST Lower Orthodontics, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea

Job summary

Main area: Orthodondics
Grade: LAS ST Higher
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (For 12 months only wef 3rd September 2025 until 1st September 2026)
Hours: 40 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref: 130-50738668-0825

Employer: Swansea Bay University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Morriston
Town: Swansea
Salary: £1,242.80 per week paid monthly
Closing: 26/08/2025 09:00

LAS ST Lower Orthodontics

LAS ST Higher

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.

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 and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

MBBS
4 years full time postgraduate training or fixed term specialty training in relevant specialty
Successful completion of MRCS by offer date
GMC registered with licence to practise from start date

Desirable criteria

Further degree / diploma

Experience

Essential criteria

• Have completed the relevant competencies in General Surgery as described in the Core Surgical Training curriculum.

Desirable criteria

• Less than 72 months’ experience in General Surgery at CT/ST level (not including foundation modules)
• Have completed a minimum of 12 months experience in elective general surgery including a minimum of 12 months on call for emergency general surgery – can include a redeployment due to Covid during this time

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need.
• Demonstrates appropriate technical and clinical competence and evidence of the development of diagnostic skills and clinical judgement.

Desirable criteria

• Has evidence of training in basic surgical skills and trauma management/critical surgical care

Research, Audit and Quality Improvement:

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management and evidence-based practice.
• Understanding of basic research principles, methodology and ethics, with a potential to contribute to research.
• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g., degrees (not including intercalated BSc or ‘Honorary’ MA), prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
• Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
• Evidence of knowledge of the principles of audit and skills in audit design, performance and implementation

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of knowledge of principles of adult education and effective design and delivery of teaching and learning

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

Communication skills
Problem solving and decision making
Managing others and team involvement
Organisation and planning
Values

Commitment to specialty – learning and personal development

Essential criteria

• Shows realistic insight into General Surgery and the personal demands of a commitment to surgery.
• Demonstrates knowledge of training programme and commitment to own development
• Shows critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to self-directed learning and a reflective/analytical approach to practice

Desirable criteria

• Achievements relevant to general surgery, including elective or other experience.
• Attendance at, or participation in, national, international, departmental, regional and online meetings relevant to general surgery
• Evidence of participation in extracurricular activities/achievements relevant to surgery throughout career progression e.g., membership of relevant surgical bodies/societies, attendance at relevant courses/conference, surgical elective, logbook and undergraduate/postgraduate surgical projects etc.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or age. The Health Board is a Two Tick Disability Symbol user and is committed to fulfilling the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Applications are welcomed from Disabled persons and a disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability as defined by the DDA please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a position will be invited to interview.

By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).

These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) principles especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). Other principles under Data Protection will be observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII).

If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Alisha Ramji
Job title: Interim Directorate Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01792 702222

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Job summary

Employer heading

LAS ST Lower Orthodontics

LAS ST Higher

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Research, Audit and Quality Improvement:

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

Commitment to specialty – learning and personal development

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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