Job summary
The successful applicant will join a well-structured department that is renowned for providing high quality training for junior staff and is committed to providing a professional and caring service for patients. The successful candidate will join the department as a Senior Clinical Fellow.
Training opportunities will be provided for the successful applicants to complete their stage 1 equivalence where appropriate.
The post would also be suitable for Anaesthetists with at least 2 years of Anaesthetic experience that are able to work at middle grade level and wish to gain further experience in a wide range of surgical specialities. We are able to support career development for those doctors aspiring to work towards the specialist grade or CESR.
Main duties of the job
The postholders will deliver elective and emergency anaesthesia for adults and children, they will care for obstetric patients and be part of the hospital cardiac arrest team. A 3-month rotation to the Intensive Care Unit can be arranged if required by the successful candidate.
The post includes a resident on-call rota with a 1:8 frequency. There is access to a dedicated on-call room for each member of the on-call Anaesthetic team. The resident on-call team consists of a middle-grade and a CT1-2 trainee both covering Emergency Theatres, ED and cardiac arrests, as well as a middle-grade Anaesthetist covering Labour Ward. The post-holder will alternate between Theatres and Labour Ward middle-grade cover, although occasionally demands in other parts of the hospital may require flexibility and a team-approach.
The department is well-known for providing rigorous exam preparation to candidates and in recent years candidates have achieved near 100% success rate in the Primary FRCA SOE component. Educational Supervision and Study Leave will be provided as per current arrangements for Deanery trainees. There will be opportunities to become involved in specific and deliverable Quality Improvement or Research projects under the supervision of Consultant colleagues.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job responsibilities
For a detailed overview of the main duties and responsibilities of the post please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MB BS or equivalent
2. Full registration with GMC and licence to practice
3. ALS
Desirable
1. Primary FRCA or equivalent
2. Additional postgraduate qualification
Clinical Skills and experience
Essential
1. 21 months post graduate anaesthesia
2. 3 months adult ITU
3. Initial assessment of competence in obstetric anaesthesia (IACOA), EPA 3 and 4, or equivalent
Desirable
1. Core level training certificate or equivalent
2. 3 to 6 months acute medicine / emergency medicine
3. At least 1 year UK based post graduate anaesthetic practice
Communication skills
Essential
1. Communication skills
Generic Professional Domains
Essential
1. Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
2. Evidence of regular engagement with QI or audit work
Desirable
1. Evidence of work towards the generic professional domains of the 2021 curriculum for CCT in anaesthesia at stage 1
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
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