About this role
Job summary
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 post is a one-year Training Interface Group (TIG) fellowship in hand surgery, commencing August 2026. The fellowship is intended to produce hand surgeons who are well versed in the breadth and depth of hand surgery. The fellow is expected to gain mutually complementary perspectives and skill from both Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery in the management of hand and wrist conditions. Fellowships provide high quality, high prestige and quality assured advanced training in specified clinical areas of practice that are required by the service.
This fellowship remains under the supervision and accreditation of the previous UK TIG training scheme in Hand Surgery.
Applications are welcomed from both orthopaedic and plastic surgeons specialising hand surgery Exposure will be provided to the breadth of hand and wrist surgery, including elective and emergency hand & wrist surgery, arthroplasty, brachial plexus & peripheral nerve surgery, paediatric hand surgery, and spasticity surgery. There is a focus on the successful candidate to gain as wide as an experience as possible, but flexibility is allowed as to the future specialism of the candidate.
Main duties of the job
The post will build on the skills achieved by certification to enable a fellow to contribute unsupervised as a member of the multidisciplinary team to manage patients presenting with the full range of elective and emergency conditions related to the clinical area of practice of the fellowship.
Post will not participate on the on call rota and this post is not recognised for training
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.
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.
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.
These are the current applicable pay scales; however, these may change upon implementation of the framework agreement for reform to the terms and conditions of service for resident doctors and dentists in Wales. Further details can be found at BMA+-+Framework+Agreement+Wales.
Person Specification
Status Essential
Registered within GMC at time of taking up post
Desirable
Within 2 years of completion of specialty training
Qualifications Essential
Relevant postgraduate qualification in surgery as demonstrated for entry onto the Specialist Register
Desirable
Enrolled in the Diploma of Hand Surgery
Experience Essential
At or above the level of a CCT
Desirable
Evidence of continued experience commensurate with time since completion of specialty training
Experience Essential
Clear career progression consistent with personal circumstances
Desirable
To have current level of knowledge and skills significantly advanced by fellowship training
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
Swansea
SA6 6NL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)