Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Obstetrics

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Consultant Anaesthetist with a passion for obstetric anaesthesia at a leading NHS Trust in Manchester. This role is crucial in enhancing patient care and supporting the Trust's recovery efforts post-pandemic. The successful candidate will work across multiple sites, contributing to a center of research excellence while delivering high-quality anaesthetic services. Join a dynamic team dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusion and professional development, making a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of the community. If you are ready to take your career to the next level, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have full GMC registration or be eligible for it.
• Experience in teaching and audit, with GMC recognition as an educational supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient care in anaesthesia and obstetrics.
• Support elective recovery and provide perioperative medical support.

Skills

Anaesthesia

Teaching

Organisational skills

Research

Patient safety

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Completion of higher training in Anaesthesia

Postgraduate Research Degree (MD/PhD or equivalent)

Postgraduate qualification in teaching and leadership

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Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Obstetrics

YC72

Main area: Anaesthesia

Grade: YC72

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 349-CSS-6914423*QA

Site: Oxford Road Campus

Town: Manchester

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a general anaesthetist with an interest in obstetric anaesthesia working at a consultant level across Manchester Foundation Trust. This role will be pivotal in supporting the elective recovery of the Trust as well as providing perioperative medical support post-pandemic. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality patient care, as well as support the wider departmental ambition to become a centre of research excellence.

The posts will be based at Oxford Road Campus, with an expectation to work on the obstetric on-call rota. In addition, there will be an expectation for some element of work to be delivered at other sites within the Trust as well - to be agreed between successful candidates and the department.

Main duties of the job

The scale of the service within Anaesthesia and MFT enables significant subspecialisation within particular areas of interest and opportunities to develop your consultant career.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• MBChB or equivalent
• Completion of higher training in Anaesthesia should be on the specialist register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.
• Tertiary Level Obstetric Anaesthesia
• Adult Life Support and/or Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certification or equivalent
• A specialist interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia, specifically the anaesthetic management of patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• A postgraduate qualification in teaching and leadership

Teaching and Audit

• Teaching medical students
• Experience of Audit
• Teaching junior medical staff
• GMC recognition as an educational supervisor

Academic Achievements, Research & Patient Safety

• Publication in a peer-reviewed journal, a demonstrable commitment to developing research in the Trust or a record of improving patient safety within previous organisations
• Postgraduate Research Degree (MD/ PhD or equivalent)
• Demonstrate a quality improvement project in perioperative medicine or work in this area
• Demonstrate a regional or national interest in training through a transformational project

Interpersonal Skills

• Organisational skills
• Evidence of co-ordination of national level communication project

Other Requirements

• Full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration)
• Willing to reside within a distance of 30 minutes of base site

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.