We are seeking full-time Locum Consultant to join our OUTSTANDING Trust in our Pain Management team, as part of the Anaesthetic department to cover maternity leave.
Applications are invited for a Consultant in Pain Management. This new appointment affords an exciting opportunity to join a busy, innovative, developing and expanding anaesthetic department. These posts are full time appointments for a 12 month period (10 PAs) with 9 PAs of Direct Clinical Care including 1 PA for Supporting Professional Activity.
The Department provides anaesthetic services for elective surgery in: General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burns Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Gynaecology. The Trust has taken delivery of a surgical robot. The first robot assisted operation took place at the end of April 2022. Currently Colorectal, Gynaecological and urological robotic surgery is well established. The Trust is the only Trust in Merseyside undertaking emergency and elective Bariatric surgery.
The department also provides emergency anaesthetic cover for these services on a 24 –hour basis. The Department also provides a 24-hour epidural service for analgesia during labour, and a 24-hour anaesthetic service for obstetric emergencies including caesarean sections.
DCC
Mon
Tues
Weds
Thurs
Fri
TOTAL
AM 08:00 - 13:00
Anaesthetics
SPA
Alternate weeks
Pain Clinic/Pain List(1:4)
(Plastics)
Pain Procedure List/Clinic
1.25
1.25
1.25
PM 13:00 - 18:00
Anaesthetics
Alternate week
Alternate weeks
Acute Pain/Ward Reviews
(Plastics)
Acute Pain/Clinic
Pain Procedure List/Clinic
1.25
1.25
1.25
1
Eve 18:00 - 21:15
DCC
2.5
1.5
2.5
2.25
8.5
On Call/OOH
No On-call
Weekend work (Either Clinic or Pain procedures) 6 days per year
0.5
SPA
1
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Advertising Date: 16th January 2025
Closing Date: 30th January 2025
Shortlisting Date: 31st January 2025
Proposed Interview Date: 2nd Week of February 2025
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jan 2025
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