Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia

University Hospitals Of Leicester Nhs Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant to join a team providing high-quality paediatric care, including neonatal cases, at Leicester Royal Infirmary. The post-holder will work with consultants to deliver excellent clinical governance, teaching, and research while contributing to the on-call rota and multi-disciplinary discussions.

The role emphasizes development of paediatric services, training of junior staff, and collaboration

Qualifications

• The post holder should have training and experience in all areas of Paediatric Anaesthesia and neonatal surgery.
• Be prepared to participate in the Paediatric Anaesthetic on-call rota.
• Commitment to teaching, research, audit and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high clinical standards in the management of paediatric patients.
• Share day-to-day responsibility for patient care with colleagues.
• Promote integrated care and partnership working across the health community.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and perioperative decisions.
• Supervise, appraise and assess junior medical staff.
• Contribute to teaching, research, audits and clinical governance.

Skills

Paediatric anaesthesia

On-call experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Paediatric anaesthesia training

Job description

It is an exciting time to join our welcoming and friendly team of 11 Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultants based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. We are looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our on-going development of Paediatric services in UHL NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Anaesthetic Consultants to provide a high standard of care across our Paediatric services. We are a tertiary referral centre for neonatal surgery and therefore provide anaesthesia for a large number of neonatal cases. The Anaesthetic department provides Paediatric Anaesthetic cover for the following specialties: Paediatric General Surgery, Urology, Thoracic surgery, Orthopaedics & Trauma, ENT, Maxillofacial & Dental, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Oncology, diagnostic and interventional Radiology & Endoscopy, Preassessment and Pain. Anaesthesia for neonatal surgery is undertaken on a regular basis. It is expected that the post holder will have received training and experience in all areas of Paediatric Anaesthesia and neonatal surgery and will take part in the Paediatric Anaesthetic on call rota.Main duties of the job Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients. To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients. To promote effective, integrated care and partnership working across the health community. Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and perioperative decision-making Supervise and train appraise and assess junior medical staff Contribute to teaching, research, audit, administration and clinical governance.

• Proactively support service development and improvement
  Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals: high-quality care for all, being a great place to work, partnerships for impact, and research and education excellence And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all: we are compassionate, we are proud, we are inclusive, and we are one team This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve. UHL is fully committed to continuing medical education for consultants. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to departmental quality improvement activity and the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees in Anaesthesia. The UHL Department of Anaesthesia is committed to working towards the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation scheme of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.