Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salisbury District Hospital
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 Per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Speciality Doctor in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The post holder will undertake clinical duties primarily in the Main theatre and Day Surgery Units together with the Obstetric and Intensive Care Units, according to the provisional timetables below. The Department needs an experienced, general anaesthetist who can complement the current skill mix. There is no specific requirement for a specialist interest, though this may be accommodated.
Main duties of the job
The post will therefore have an interesting, varied, and stimulating mix of frontline, out of hours (OOH), acute care of patients for general anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthesia and intensive care medicine as well as daytime elective surgical lists. The balance of this workload will vary depending on the needs of the department, but it is anticipated that the total weekend commitment will not be more than 12-13 times per year. The following timetables give examples of the 2 job plans – one with no OOH shifts and one with a 1:16 OOH rota. The post holder will shift from one job plan to the other depending on requirements; the average weekly number of dccPAs will be 9, with 1 PA for supporting activities. Further dccPAs may be available.
Candidates interested in working part time are encouraged to apply and on-call would be on a pro rata basis.
Training and support will be given to maintain and develop the skills required for this varied role. The Trust will also support the post holder in progressing towards postgraduate examinations, entry to training or application for entry to the Specialist Register, if applicable.
The department traditionally maintains a high degree of flexibility in service provision, and whilst most anaesthetists have a degree of predictability to their weekly commitments, many do not, and the post holder will be expected to provide flexibility in the timing and clinical nature of their weekly commitment.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Criteria
* Primary Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent), with Full GMC registration.
* Minimum 4 years post graduate training, of which a minimum of 24 months Anaesthesia and ICM training.
* Competent in the provision of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia under indirect supervision.
* Demonstrates a clear, logical approach to clinical problems and an appropriate level of clinical knowledge.
* Able to prioritise clinical need. Caring approach to patients.
* Communicates effectively with patients, relatives, colleagues and nurses. Ability to work with multi-professional teams and to establish good professional relationships.
* Good personal organisational & prioritisation skills.
* Postgraduate qualification in Anaesthesia (Primary FRCA or equivalent). Distinctions, Prizes, Scholarships. Intercalated BSc or equivalent. Additional postgraduate qualifications.
* Advanced Life Support (ALS) certificate. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certificate. Advanced or European Paediatric Life Support (APLS or EPLS) certificate.
* Additional experience in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.
* Demonstrates awareness of breadth of clinical issues. Clinical feedback from colleagues & patients.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff.
* Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years.
* An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months).
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme.
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme.
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges.
* Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Uniform provided (where required).
* On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme.
* On site health and fitness club.
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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