Locum Consultant Anaesthetist/Specialist interest in Periop Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for a 12-month post of Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia with a special interest in Perioperative medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).

10 Programmed Activities will be offered – 9 Direct Clinical Care (which includes 0.5 PA for on call) and 1 Supporting Professional Activities.

The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. It is expected that the initial job plan will be reviewed after 6 months of service. Initial job plan will include sessions within all major units at the RNOH including the peripheral nerve injury unit, sarcoma unit, joint replacement unit, spinal unit, shoulder unit, foot & ankle unit, and anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic. Candidates must be able to demonstrate clinical experience at either fellowship or consultant level for perioperative medicine, including anaesthesia for complex orthopaedic and complex spinal deformity surgery.

Job plans may be changed to accommodate where possible the specific requests of the candidate and the needs of the department.

Currently the Trust permits flexibility in time and space to accommodate SPAs.

Main duties of the job

• to maintain the highest clinical standards in the practice of anaesthesia and will undertake any reasonable clinical responsibility which relates to providing anaesthesia services.
• actively involved in the management of the department including attendance at the anaesthetic department meetings, MDT and regular morning meetings. They will be expected to take an active and engaged role in departmental and academic responsibilities as allocated by agreement across the department, including cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences as appropriate.
• engage fully and proactively in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit.
• The postholder will be expected to engage in continuing professional development.
• A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer prior to the commencement date of the appointment.
• The job plan shall be reviewed annually.  It will cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities, including a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.
• It shall also include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Jobs with 10 Programmed Activities will be offered as 9 Direct Clinical Care (DCC), 1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. There is scope for increasing SPA activity, either by reducing DCC activity or by additional programmed activities, by mutual agreement, for specific Trust related roles.

The number of PAs will be adjusted for part time consultants in discussion with the Clinical Director.

• The post will have direct clerical and operational support as well as secondary administrative support to facilitate the consultant’s participation in national and local audits and registries.
• Departments are moving towards a team-based approach to their workload.
• Resources are deployed flexibly in the way that best meets patients’ needs. The post holder would be expected to participate in this approach.
• The job plan will involve the following commitments: -

10 PAs including:

• Elective operating lists
• Pre-assessment clinics
• On Call commitment
• 1 PA Supporting Professional Activities