Consultant Anaesthetist

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Grantham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant in General Anaesthesia to join their dynamic team at Grantham Hospital. This role offers the chance to work across multiple hospital sites, providing anaesthetic services for a variety of surgical procedures, including orthopaedic and general surgeries. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to patient care, teaching, and clinical audit, contributing to the ongoing development of the department. Join a supportive environment where your skills will make a significant impact on patient outcomes and service development.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and FRCA or equivalent required.
• Experience in UK anaesthesia and clinical skills appropriate for a District General Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic services for various surgical procedures.
• Deliver teaching on regional anaesthetic techniques for trainees.

Skills

Anaesthesia

Clinical Audit

Teaching

IT Knowledge

Education

Full GMC registration

FRCA or equivalent

Specialist register for anaesthesia

Tools

Clinical Audit Tools

Research Tools

Job description

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have a vacancy for a full time Consultant in General Anaesthesia. The post will be based at Grantham & District Hospital. The successful candidate will be expected to work across all Hospital Sites. The Department of Anaesthesia at ULTH is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

For applicants who have specific subspecialty interests we would strongly encourage colleagues who wish to pursue other specialty interests to contact us to discuss in further detail.

Part time hours will be considered and, if appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed and negotiated on an individual basis.

Main duties of the job

The Department of Anaesthesia is a GIRFT accredited elective hub. We provide anaesthetic service for our high volume and low risk cases involving orthopaedic, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, ENT, maxillofacial surgeries.

We are involved in giving regional anaesthesia for a range of lower limb and upper limb arthroplasties, delivering teaching on regional anaesthetic techniques for trainees visiting us from our main site.

Our aim is to proceed with day case surgeries, including day case lower limb arthroplasties.

We have Level 1 postoperative care available on the surgical wards.

Our on call service, at a frequency of 1:7 provides for unstable patients on medical wards, UTC and surgical wards, in terms of stabilization and transfer to level 2 or 3 care facilities.

We work closely with the regional transfer services in delivering safe transfer to our patients.

The Department compromises of 7 Consultant and 7 Speciality Doctors in Anaesthesia with 2 or 3 FY1 colleagues on Anaesthetic placements.

About us

Grantham Hospital has approximately 213 staffed in-patient beds offering services in our newly established UTC, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics and Integrated Medicine services. In addition there is an ambulatory care paediatric service provided on site, Monday to Friday, 1000 - 1900 hours. Community Midwifery is provided in the locality as well as a 'low risk' midwifery led service. Antenatal, Postnatal, Gynaecology Outpatients and Day Case services are offered at Grantham.

In addition, there are 18 day case beds which offer services in Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Urology and ENT.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Potential applicants are invited to contact the following key staff for further information or to arrange an informal visit. Shortlisted candidates are expected to visit the hospital.

Dr Rajesh Jaganathan

Clinical Lead in Anaesthesia, ULTH

Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia

Pilgrim Hospital

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE21 9QS

01205 445293

Support Managers - [e-mail] / [e-mail]

Job description
Job responsibilities

Have a look at the attached job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC registration
• FRCA or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher training in emergency/trauma anaesthesia

Experience and training
Essential

• Candidate should be on the Specialist register for anaesthesia or have CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist registration) accreditation
• All round clinical experience, knowledge, skills and training appropriate to a District General Hospital.
• UK anaesthetic experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of IT
• Experience and commitment to teaching
• ALS/ATLS

Motivation and disposition
Essential

• Personal integrity
• A commitment to service development and to the flexibility to meet the changing needs of ULTH.
• Compliance with appraisal, job planning and revalidation. A commitment to continuing professional development.
• Ability to be an effective team member/leader, and to relate effectively with professional colleagues.

Desirable

• A willingness to share the workload of a small department.

Audit and research
Essential

• A commitment to clinical audit and the ability to undertake/supervise a range of audit projects.
• An understanding of research.

Desirable

• Appropriate research/scientific publications.

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