Consultant Anaesthetist or Intensivist

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Consultant in Anaesthesia to provide care at either York or Scarborough Hospital. The role includes cross-site responsibilities and an initial contract of 10 programmed activities per week. Successful candidates will need to collaborate closely with consultant colleagues to maintain an effective anaesthesia workforce. A generous benefits package and opportunities for professional development are offered, alongside access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• The post holder must provide consultant anaesthesia duties at either York or Scarborough Hospital.
• Must manage 10 programmed activities per week with flexible sessional provision.
• Ability to collaborate closely with consultant colleagues is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant anaesthesia duties including cross-site working.
• Manage an initial contract of 10 programmed activities per week.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues to ensure robust workforce provision.
• Finalize individual job plans with the clinical director upon appointment.

Job description

Overview

Within the Trust we are part of Surgery Care Group, which includes most surgical specialties. We have a Clinical Director responsible for the Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care directorate (TACC) across the Trust supported by Lead Clinicians for Intensive Care, Pain, Anaesthetics and Theatres. Surgical services are located principally at two acute hospitals, York and Scarborough. At Scarborough Hospital surgical services are supported by a brand new Urgent Care Centre including both HDU and ITU capacity. The main theatre suite comprises five theatres, in addition to which there is a separate maternity theatre. Elective surgical services at Scarborough currently include: general surgery (including emergencies), trauma, gynaecology, ENT, maxillo-facial, oral surgery, ophthalmology and urology. We now also have a successful and expanding day unit to support this.

It is envisaged that the post holder will carry out their duties as a consultant in anaesthesia based at either York or Scarborough Hospital. There is a requirement to provide cross site -working in line with current patterns within the department to support robust and sustainable provision of workforce in anaesthesia. Currently, all of the Consultant provides cross-site work including on-call. The posts are initially contracted for 10 programmed activities per week. The demands of the Anaesthetic department mean that close and ongoing collaboration with consultant colleagues is required. A degree of mutual two-way flexibility in sessional provision is anticipated. Individual job plans will be discussed and finalised with the clinical director on appointment and will become operational on commencement. All jobs plans are agreed in line with the Trusts Job Planning Principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant anaesthesia duties based at York or Scarborough Hospital with cross-site working and on-call responsibilities as required.
• Manage an initial contract of 10 programmed activities per week, with flexible sessional provision as agreed in individual job plans.
• Collaborate closely with consultant colleagues to ensure robust and sustainable anaesthesia workforce provision.
• Discuss and finalise individual job plans with the clinical director on appointment, in line with Trust Job Planning Principles.

Benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
• For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.