# Specialty Doctor in General Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hywel Dda University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-general-surgery/9f0bfe82-dcaf-4abe-b0d8-2a4227829f2d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-general-surgery/9f0bfe82-dcaf-4abe-b0d8-2a4227829f2d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hywel Dda University Health Board - **Location:** Bronglais General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £64,292 - £102,689 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (Out of Hours on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T12:40:43.747Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Carmarthenshire/Aberystwyth/Hywel_Dda_University_Health_Board/Surgery/Surgery-v8185526 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8185526?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://hduhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Join our General Surgery team and play a key role in delivering high-quality surgical care to patients across Hywel Dda University Health Board. This post offers the opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative clinical environment, providing both elective and emergency surgical services to local communities. The successful candidate will contribute to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions, working closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive safe, effective and person-centred care. You will take part in a 1:4 emergency rota, supporting the delivery of a responsive 24-hour surgical service. Consultant support is available on-site during normal working hours and off-site out of hours. Working alongside experienced surgical, medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues, you will help deliver excellent patient care while building strong relationships with patients, families and carers, ensuring they remain informed and involved throughout their treatment journey. ### Main duties of the job Key responsibilities will include: - Participating in the delivery and development of a comprehensive General Surgery service. - Undertaking acute patient assessment, investigation and treatment within General Surgery. - Contributing to the provision of emergency surgical care through participation in the on-call rota. - Providing effective clinical leadership and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure the highest standards of patient care. - Supporting the development of teaching, training and research across the organisation. - Working closely with clinical, managerial and professional colleagues to deliver safe, effective and efficient healthcare services. - Participating in audit activity, quality improvement initiatives and postgraduate teaching programmes. - Maintaining accurate, clear and timely clinical records and ensuring effective communication across clinical teams. - Monitoring and responding to patient feedback and experience measures to support continuous service improvement. - Promoting and delivering evidence-based clinical practice to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. - As part of the General Surgery team, you will contribute to the continued development of a high-quality, patient-focused surgical service, providing assessment, treatment and ongoing management for patients presenting with a broad range of acute and elective surgical conditions. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers. The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us. ### 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 desirable ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner - Flexible approach to the needs of the service **Desirable** - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) ### Teaching **Essential** - Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff. **Desirable** - Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and resident doctors. ### Experience **Essential** - Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies. - Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post. **Desirable** - NHS Experience. - Able to demonstrate evidence of leading a team. ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Participation in clinical audit (or quality improvement project) and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice **Desirable** - Knowledge of risk management. - Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process. ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice. - Valid Certified Advanced Life Support. **Desirable** - Additional clinical qualification(s). - Evidence of working towards membership of the Royal College. ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2373) - [occupational health form (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10526065) - [portfolio pathway - welsh (pdf, 946.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10525997) - [portfolio pathway - english (pdf, 924.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10525996) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2383) - [job description and person specification – welsh (pdf, 616.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537588) - [job description and person specification – english (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10525998) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.