Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care who will be based at either the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford or the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for the on-call element of the role but with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites (Princess Royal Hospital Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital) during normal working hours.

Duties will principally involve supported cover of elective theatre sessions, an on-call commitment to the Intensive Care Unit and occasional daytime work in emergency theatres/ obstetric theatres and delivery suite.

Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

Main Clinical duties include:

• Undertake theatre sessions and ITU/HDU sessions with accompanying consultants
• To take part in the 2nd on call rota managing ITU/HDU and supervising the resident doctor in theatres
• To provide support to the novice resident doctors and medical students and actively contribute to training and continuity of service
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the doctor's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a doctor’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

• 9 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• 1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.