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.
This is a locum post for initially 3 months to join a complement of six Consultants, and a number of resident medical staff responsible for the provision of Specialist Palliative Medicine services to the Health Board.
The post will be based at Singleton Hospital which is home to the South West Wales Cancer Centre, haematology inpatient care and general medical beds. Following the Acute Medical Service redesign project in Swansea Bay Singleton hospital will become a centre of excellence for cancer care. The post holder will be the lead Palliative Medicine doctor for Singleton hospital with medical and CNS support on a daily basis. Regular Palliative Medicine Consultant support will be available in Singleton also, alongside support from other specialities. The post will be part of the wider Swansea Bay Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with Consultant colleagues to provide high‑quality specialist palliative care across Swansea Bay University Health Board, delivering clinical input primarily within the specialist hospital team while contributing to the consultant on‑call rota, offering expert telephone advice, and supporting first‑on‑call junior and middle‑grade doctors. They will collaborate with hospital and community teams to optimise symptom management, rehabilitation, and end‑of‑life care, while also engaging with voluntary sector partners to enhance patient support. A significant educational role includes teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate learners, acting as an Educational Supervisor, contributing to Swansea and Cardiff university teaching programmes, and supporting the training of Wales’s large cohort of higher trainees in palliative medicine. The post holder will actively participate in clinical audit, quality improvement, clinical governance meetings, and All‑Wales palliative care groups, helping develop care pathways, guidelines, and research activity. They will also contribute to the effective management of the service by supporting the Clinical Director and directorate team, working within financial and operational constraints, ensuring appropriate organisation of medical staff, adhering to Health Board policies, and participating fully in appraisal, revalidation, and ongoing continuing professional development.
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
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 working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (“Always Improving”)
- Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
- Values partnership with other agencies (”Working Together”)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the GMC
- MRCP
Desirable
- On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Palliative Medicine 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
- Further relevant degree/diploma
- Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education
Skills & Abilities
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
- Advanced Communication Skills
Desirable
- Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (“Always Improving”)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
- 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
- Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals
Desirable
- Ability to undertake on-call
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Swansea, Swansea, Wales. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Palliative Medicine role. The advertised salary is £125,509 Per Annum. The contract type is Locum: 3 months. The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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