Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Swansea, United Kingdom - Swansea Bay University Health Board

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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

An exciting opportunity for an orthoptist, optometrist or ophthalmic nurse to work part time as part of the medical retina team within Swansea Bay University Health Board.

The successful candidate will have weekly sessions working in our consultant led medical retina clinics which provide an excellent opportunity to develop higher clinical expertise in the field of medical retina. They will also have a weekly session performing PRP laser, undertaking a significantly specialist clinical workload.

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A wonderful opportunity to work for Swansea Bay University Health Board as part of our ophthalmology team. We are excited to offer this band 8a post for a senior advanced practitioner in medical retina and are sure it will provide the successful candidate with a rewarding and interesting career with further development opportunities in the field of ophthalmology. The team at Swansea Bay pride themselves on delivering a quality, patient centered ophthalmic service which is always improving to deliver the best care for our patients.

Join our dynamic and ambitious multidisciplinary team which includes 14 consultants, advanced nurse, orthoptic and optometric practitioners, ophthalmic nurses, ophthalmic associate practitioners, ophthalmic technicians and health care assistants. Benefits include excellent training opportunities to attain post graduate qualifications, links with Swansea's excellent medical school and not to mention the beautiful Gower peninsular which is on our doorstep

Full training will be provided to enable the successful candidate to perform YAG capsulotomy and panretinal photocoagulation laser.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

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Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

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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