Substantive Consultant Anaesthetist CW

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated consultants to join our department. We are looking to enhance the mix of skills and specialist interests within the consultant body.

Specifically, we would welcome candidates with strong interests in regional or obstetric anaesthesia, and a track record of implementing Patient Safety initiatives.

The successful candidate(s) would deliver theatre sessions and join the general anaesthetic on-call rota (currently 1:16 band A)

Post may include Saturday activity within the job plan.

Main duties of the job

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
• Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
• Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.
• Develop clinical practice through self-reflection and learning from experience, application of research into practice and active contribution within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Research, Teaching and Training Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Director. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups. Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues. Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
• Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Director. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
• Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues.
• Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, Service Director and Divisional Medical Director including relevant general managers, on behalf of the Medical Director; this should be done within 3 months of starting the post. It is the post holder’s responsibility, working with the Service Director to ensure that the job plan reflects an average timetable of activity. However, consultants are senior professionals, and variation in activity is therefore to be expected.
• The post holder and Divisional Medical Director/Service Director will review the Job Plan annually with relevant general managers. Either may propose amendment of the job plan. The expectation is that the Trust and the post holder will work together to benefit the patient and individuals will view the job plan as a guide which may be amended in line with service changes. The formulation of a job plan should not prevent a flexible approach to work to ensure the efficient running of the department.
• The Trust will aim wherever possible to keep the job plan activity to a minimum consistent with achieving the best quality patient care and ensuring that members of staff work in accordance with the European Working Time Regulations. Job plans in excess of 10 PAs will be subject to annual review to ensure that all activity contained in the job plan is clinically and organisationally necessary.

Applicant requirements

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.