• Job Description

  Req#: H9130-25-0398?language=en&page=846&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon with expertise in Adult trauma, Adult deformity and Adult degenerative spinal management, to join a closely-knit team of existing seven consultants. We are looking for successful candidate to join as soon as possible.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful applicant will increase our team to eight consultant surgeons, with the ability to provide comprehensive spinal management between three hospitals: Neath Port Talbot hospital, Singleton hospital and Morriston hospital. While complex spinal and unscheduled spinal surgery will remain in Morriston hospital, scheduled and uncomplex surgery will be developed in Neath Port Talbot hospital, which is growing as a specialist Orthopaedic and Spinal Elective Surgery unit.

  The new member to the existing team will need to maintain the excellent communication and teamworking skills which already thrive in our unit. The service is consultant-led and consultant-delivered, with support from Allied Medical Practitioners. The Welsh Deanery also allocates a Specialist Registrar to the Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit, with some of the timetable spent within the spinal unit. The On Call spinal rota is hosted by the Trauma and Orthopaedic On Call team, with referrals for spinal opinions requested by the Orthopaedic Registrar On Call as necessary. This means that non-operative and non-complex spinal admissions to hospital are mainly managed by the admitting Orthopaedic and Trauma team, with spinal support as required.

  About us

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  13 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £116,600 a year Per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Locum

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  130-NPTSSG9993L-A

  Job locations

  Morriston Hospital

  Swansea

  SA6 6NL

  
  

  Job description

  Job 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.

  Job description

  Job 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

  Skills

  Essential

  • Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
  • Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change ("Working Together")
  • Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare ("Caring for each other")
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly ("Caring for each other")
  • Understands information systems and technology
  • Clinical Skills in spinal Surgery

  Desirable

  • Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service ("Always Improving")

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff ("Working Together")
  • Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
  • Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
  • Fellowship training in Spinal Surgery

  Desirable

  • Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service ("Always Improving")
  • Values partnership with other agencies ("Working Together")
  • Development and commissioning of spinal surgery services
  • Experience of research trauma and orthopaedic surgery

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered with the GMC
  • Licenced to practice
  • On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Trauma & Orthopaedic (Spinal) Surgery or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
  • Wide range of skills in orthopaedic surgery scheduled and unscheduled

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
  • Ability to undertake full role in general trauma on-call rota
  • A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service ("Always Improving")
  • Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development

  Desirable

  • Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
  • Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change ("Working Together")
  • Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare ("Caring for each other")
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly ("Caring for each other")
  • Understands information systems and technology
  • Clinical Skills in spinal Surgery

  Desirable

  • Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service ("Always Improving")

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff ("Working Together")
  • Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
  • Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
  • Fellowship training in Spinal Surgery

  Desirable

  • Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service ("Always Improving")
  • Values partnership with other agencies ("Working Together")
  • Development and commissioning of spinal surgery services
  • Experience of research trauma and orthopaedic surgery

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered with the GMC
  • Licenced to practice
  • On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Trauma & Orthopaedic (Spinal) Surgery or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
  • Wide range of skills in orthopaedic surgery scheduled and unscheduled

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
  • Ability to undertake full role in general trauma on-call rota
  • A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service ("Always Improving")
  • Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development

  Desirable

  • Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Swansea Bay University Health Board

  Address

  Morriston Hospital

  Swansea

  SA6 6NL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Swansea Bay University Health Board

  Address

  Morriston Hospital

  Swansea

  SA6 6NL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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