Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Specialty Anaesthetist working across the trust at Wansbeck General Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Hexham General Hospital and The Northumbria Hospital on a full-time or part-time basis.
The candidate should have at least four years experience including two years UK anaesthesia. They will need to have passed the appropriate obstetric competencies as detailed by the RCoA, as the successful candidate will be required to cover labour ward when on call.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work a resident 8 person full shift system alongside the other trainees in the department and contribute 5 sessions per week. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their special interest to complement the other members of the department and will participate in the provision of Anaesthetic services at all the main hospital sites.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work a resident 8 person full shift system alongside the other trainees in the department and contribute 5 sessions per week. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their special interest to complement the other members of the department and will participate in the provision of Anaesthetic services at all the main hospital sites.
Full job description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MBBS or equivalent Eligible for full/limited GMC registration
Desirable
2. BSc/BA Hons, Distinctions, Prizes at Undergrad or Postgrad Level. Primary FRCA or Equivalent.
Experience
Essential
3. Minimum of 2 years experience at Foundation level or equivalent.
4. Minimum of 2 years previous experience in UK anaesthesia at ACCS or CT level.
5. Previous experience in Obstetric Anaesthetics with documented completion of all appropriate workplace assessments.
6. Participation in on-call rotas including labour ward and intensive care unit cover
Clinical Care
Essential
7. Peripheral and central access, arterial cannulation.
8. Spinal & epidural anaesthesia.
9. BLS & PLS