Consultant Anaesthetist

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

NHS pension scheme

Discount gym memberships

Annual leave entitlement

Staff support services

Job summary

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a substantive full-time Consultant Anaesthetist. Candidates with subspecialist interests in perioperative medicine and major general/trauma are welcome.

The Trust supports flexible working and job sharing across a group of hospitals in Norfolk and Waveney. Appointments involve collaboration across the group, with potential duties at multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Take their share of clinical responsibilities within the Department of Anaesthesia.
• Active participation in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance programme, including audit, quality, guidelines/pathways, appraisal and risk management.

Job description

for a substantive post for a full-time Consultant Anaesthetist. We welcome applications from candidates offering a subspecialist interest, in particular perioperative medicine and major general/trauma.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post. The Trust operates job share and flexible working.

The James Paget University Hospital, The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn are now working in partnership as the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group.

All future senior medical and dental appointments will be expected to work in collaboration across the Group and, irrespective of initial job description and job plan, be willing to work on more than one hospital site, dependent on service needs. Service location may change as our future models of care are developed by our clinically led networks through our acute clinical strategy. Some of the clinical procedures or services the appointee will be expected to deliver may be based at sites other than their primary site of employment.

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals.

The appointee will take their share of clinical responsibilities within the Department of Anaesthesia.

All postholders, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance program. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

The appointee will be a member of the Consultant Staff Committee and be expected to serve on this committee.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Mark Dixon Job title: Associate Clinical Director (Care Group A) Email address: [e-mail]

Dr Nicholas Saunders

Service Director (Care Group A, Anaesthesia)

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