Main area Anaesthetics Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
10 sessions per week (Full and part time posts available) Job ref 214-SRG24-6829650
Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus an attractive R&R premia and other benefits Salary period Yearly Closing 29/01/2025 23:59
Consultant Anaesthetist
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
We are able to offer an attractive recruitment and retention premium, 50% of which to be paid on commencement (full details to be discussed with individual applicants).
Consultant Anaesthetists are required to support the department of Anaesthesia.
This post comprises of 10 PAs, which typically include direct clinical care of 8.5 PAs and supporting professional activity of 1.5 PAs. Additional SPA activity may be approved with mutual agreement for roles within the organisation.
The successful candidate will be contracted to Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at King’s Mill Hospital. A second hospital in Newark offers a variety of surgical/gynaecological and orthopaedic sessions and the appointee will be required to undertake elective theatre sessions as required.
This is a full-time position but candidates wishing to work part-time or in a job-share are encouraged to apply. If a part-time or job-share person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed with the appointee on a personal basis. They will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time for the appointed sessions to the duties of the post and to give them priority at these times.
You will work with Consultants in Anaesthesia, Critical Care, Theatre Staff, Divisional Managers, other members of the Anaesthetic Department, other consultant colleagues, senior nursing staff, and management of the hospital.
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties
* To assist in the provision and development of a safe, effective, and efficient anaesthetic service and support the Trust in its aim to provide the best possible care to patients.
* Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in the consultant on-call rota.
* A willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels.
* To assist in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
* To organise and participate in teaching, examination, and accreditation duties for undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally.
Research & Audit
* To be actively involved in participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes, and in continuing professional development.
* To implement audit and research findings as appropriate.
Policy & Planning
* To contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols.
* To review and develop policies for clinical practice and effectiveness.
* To participate in the strategic planning for the service.
Working for our organisation
We are able to offer an attractive recruitment and retention premium, 50% of which to be paid on commencement (full details to be discussed with individual applicants).
The successful candidates will be welcomed into a department with a current substantive consultant establishment of twenty-five. In addition, there are up to 20 Specialist/SAS/Clinical Fellow grade Anaesthetists. The trainee establishment consists of 9 CTs, together with 7 ST3+s all rotating from the East Midlands School of Anaesthesia (EMSA). The department also has two Foundation Year 1 doctors and one Foundation Year 2 doctor on 4-month rotations.
We manage our service with open discussion, listening to and respecting everyone’s views. The clinical specialty leads have the responsibility to facilitate change and improvements in the service supported by the leadership team. We encourage everyone to be both leader and follower to help deliver improvements. Active participation in service development, departmental management, clinical governance & education is required.
The Anaesthetic Department is actively in the process of achieving National Accreditation with The Royal College of Anaesthetists, we expect this to be complete within the next 2 years.
In 2019 the department was shortlisted and received a high commendation at the BMJ awards for Perioperative Team of the Year. In 2018 & 2019 the department was shortlisted for HJS value & safety awards for various projects.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached detailed job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full and Specialist registration (and with a license to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview
* FRCA or equivalent
Clinical Experience
* Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
* Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees
* Up to date Advanced Life Support and EPLS or equivalent
* Completed specialist training or CESR in the UK
* Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
* Advanced training/subspecialty interest
* Interest in anaesthesia for high BMI patients
Management & Administrative Experience
* Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
* Understanding of the current structure of the National Health Service
* Involvement in Quality Improvement projects and development of guidelines
* Have the potential to be Service Director sometime in the future
* The potential to develop management and leadership skills
* Completed a Management Course
* Knowledge and interest in clinical governance
Teaching
* Evidence of organising and delivering teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
* Diploma in Medical Education
* Demonstrable teaching ability with evidence of training for the role
Research & Audit
* Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
* Participation in research relating to Anaesthesia
Other Attributes
* Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies
* Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
* Flexibility to change with the needs of the service.
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels
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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third-party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email sfh-tr.recruitmentqueries@nhs.net
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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.
Name Srinivas Magham Job title Anaesthetic Consultant & Head of Service Email address s.magham@nhs.net Telephone number 01623 622515
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