Senior Clinical Fellow - Anaesthetics & ITU

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics to join their multidisciplinary team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals. The role encompasses providing anaesthetic and critical care services across various departments, offering a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional development. Applicants should have completed postgraduate training and possess full GMC registration, along with relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Completed at least four years full time postgraduate training.
• Minimum 3 months training in Intensive Care Medicine.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic and critical care services.
• Participate in teaching and clinical audit.
• Manage patients independently and collaboratively.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication

Clinical decision-making

Teaching clinical skills

Education

MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

GMC Registration

ALS Certification

ATLS Certification

Job description

The Anaesthetic department provides services to three sites - Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital Redditch (AHR), and Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), encompassing all major specialities with a strong countywide working ethos.Recent surgical reconfiguration means most elective surgery will be delivered on the Alexandra Hospital site, while the majority of emergency, trauma and obstetric work will be on the WRH site. KTC functions as a day-case and short-stay surgical unit. Applicants will be required to contribute to the Theatres, Obstetric and WRH/Alex Intensive Care rotas.

All candidates must have completed 4 years full time equivalent postgraduate training, with at least 2 years in anaesthesia/ICM as per the standard Specialty Doctor terms and conditions.

The Intensive Care service provides countywide support to two Intensive Care Units a 15 bedded unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and an 8 bedded unit at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. The service is funded to 15 level three equivalent beds which are staffed flexibly across the county depending on need. Between them, they admit approximately 900 patients per annum

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a friendly and supportive directorate and will help to provide a wide range of both anaesthetic and critical care services, as well as enjoying the opportunity to pursue special interests outside of their clinical work. The directorate currently provides anaesthetic services in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster.

Out of hours responsibilities will rotate around both Worcester and Redditch. At both the Alexandra Hospital & Worcestershire Royal Hospital the out of hours resident staff cover is based on a 1 in 8 frequency request rota including prospective cover.

Duty Periods:

Normal working day: 08:00 17:30

Long day: 08:00 20:00

Night Shift: 19:30 08:30

For further information, please visit the Job Description.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

Better never stops, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and Costs

Job description

Job responsibilities

This job description, together with the Capabilities Framework and job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

Please find the Job Description under Supporting Information.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Completed at least four years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on part time basis) or have equivalent experience and competencies at least two of which will be in a training programme in Anaesthetics or Intensive Care Medicine.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST3 level in relevant specialty. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Minimum 3 months training in Intensive Care Medicine
• Critical care on call experience
• Initial assessment of competency (IAC) certificate in basic anaesthesia AND obstetric anaesthesia (or equivalent)
• Ability to offer clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty of minimum of 12 months.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
• Recent experience working in critical care

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Satisfactory completion of ST1-2 training, or equivalent.
• Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.
• ALS Certification.
• ATLS Certification.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Attendance at recognised management courses.
• Formal qualification in teaching/education.
• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• ALS/EPALS

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.

Desirable

• Critical appraisal skills.

Research Experience

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
• Flexible approach to work duties.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
• Ability to work antisocial hours.

Desirable

• Evidence of innovation
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Professional Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
• Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
• Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

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