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 Spinal Service in Morriston Hospital is looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Fellow  to cover all aspects of elective adult spinal surgery for the treatment of degenerative conditions and adult deformity.

The unit also manages spinal trauma, tumour (intradural and MSCC) and infection. A wide range of open and contemporary minimally invasive procedures are performed from occiput to sacrum via posterior, lateral and anterior approaches. The unit commissioned in 2017 the first and currently only Spinal 3D navigation system in Wales and has vast experience in complex navigation procedures. Endoscopic spinal surgery has recently been commissioned in the non-complex elective spinal partner hospital in Neath Port Talbot. The successful candidate will therefore have excellent exposure to a wide range of spinal pathology, management strategies and surgical procedures/ techniques. 

The successful candidates will therefore have the opportunity for exposure to a wide range of spinal pathology, management strategies and surgical procedures/ techniques.   

Main duties of the job

1)    Leading the daily spinal ward round attended by the Spinal nurse practitioners and junior Doctors. The successful candidate will be expected to be competent at recognising and managing medically and surgically deteriorating post-operative patients and be able to co-ordinate their care in conjunction with the nursing and senior medical team members. The fellow will be closely supported by the consultant body.
2)    Integrate with the Trauma and Orthopaedic department to ensure smooth management of unscheduled spinal patients admitted under their care. 
3)    The careful preoperative preparation of patients for theatre. The Spinal Unit has a robust preassessment process but the Fellow will be expected to review all pre-operative pts on the day of surgery to ensure smooth running of the theatre list.
4)    The post holder will attend theatre and gain excellent exposure and opportunity to develop specific spinal surgical skills (appropriate to the level of experience of the fellow). Although this is a non-recognised training post the fellow will be assessed and monitored through via their logbook and ISCP competencies.
5)    Attending Outpatient and Spinal Fracture Clinics under supervision of the Spinal Consultants. 
6)    Running the Spinal MDTs.  
7)    The successful candidate is expected to complete an audit cycle and submit a paper for podium presentation / journal publication within the 6 – 12 month period. 

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 Southwest 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.