This is a 9 month fixed term post for a Consultant in Anaesthesia to cover maternity leave.
It is based around 6 anaesthetic sessions per week (3 days), with 1:12 on call making a 10PA contract. Sessions will be decided upon consultation with the speciality director.
Anaesthesia falls within the Surgical Division of the Trust’s management structure.
The post could be filled on a whole or part time basis. Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
Job purpose
The successful applicant will join the existing team of 68 consultants working for the trust in the two main sites of Gloucester and Cheltenham, and peripheral community hospitals.
As a senior employee of the Trust, the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:
1. To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service.
2. To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
3. To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
4. To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies.
5. To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans.
6. To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust.
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Location
The principal places of work for this post are Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. Other work locations, including off site working at Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewksbury may be agreed in the post-holder’s Job Plan where appropriate. The post-holder will generally be expected to undertake their Programmed Activities at the principal place of work or other locations agreed in the Job Plan. Exceptions will include travelling between work sites and attending official meetings away from the workplace. On-call provision will require the post-holder to work at Gloucester Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals. You may be required to work at any site within the Trust, including new sites.
Clinical responsibilities
The post holder will provide:
1. 6 clinical Anaesthetic sessions a week and share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to patients presenting for surgery.
2. Undertake consultant cover for weekday nights and weekends for theatres/maternity as part of the 1 in 12 rota.
3. Support for the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff.
Teaching and training
To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations. To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme. The Department is involved in teaching medical students from Bristol, as the Trust achieved Academy status in 2004. Fourth year students are placed in the Department and participate in a structured teaching program. The anaesthetic department has a close relationship with the Paramedic Training School and the local ambulance service and paramedics regularly undertake attachments. To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for all grades of trainee and other staff as appropriate. Specialist registrars have a full-day teaching session regionally once a month and sub-regional (Cheltenham or Gloucester) teaching on one afternoon a week. The trainees are encouraged during their attachment to contribute to tutorials and presentations for the Department. Where agreed, to act as Educational Supervisor to junior and SAS medical staff, being responsible for their appraisal and personal development planning.
Continuing professional development
We recognise the importance of continuing medical education and actively encourage our consultant team to prioritise professional development. You will undertake CME / CPD as per College recommendations. A mentoring scheme for new consultant staff is well established and each new appointee will be appointed a mentor shortly after appointment.
You will be encouraged to be active in clinical research. We are part of a network of hospitals that have been collaborating with Cranfield University to form the Cranfield Postgraduate Medical School (based at Redwood House in Gloucester). Consultants at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals currently hold professional honorary academic appointments. You may be afforded the opportunity to join this multi-disciplinary postgraduate medical school as a faculty member depending on interests and research activity.
We have a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates the clinical audit program. A wide variety of audits are undertaken within the Department. The Department is supported by a dedicated audit assistant, a dedicated member of the Information department, and a dedicated risk manager. Clinical Governance meetings are regular. The post-holder will be expected to take part in developing clinical audit activities within the department and achieving clinical governance objectives in accordance with the agreed Divisional and Trust clinical governance programs.
Accountability
The post holder will be immediately accountable to the Specialty Director. The post holder will be expected to undertake appraisal and to respond to any identified development needs. The post-holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well-being and that of work colleagues, visitors, and patients within the hospital. This statutory duty is in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with the post.
Finally, the post-holder is expected to:
1. Observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
2. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
3. Be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
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