Consultant Anaesthetist

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 148,000 - 202,000

Full time

8 hours ago

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious Anaesthetist to join our well-integrated Perioperative team at Freeman Hospital.

The successful candidate would provide specialist peri-operative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing a wide range of operative procedures, with on call participation on the general theatre on call rota.

Qualifications

Primary Medical Qualification.
Full GMC Registration.
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register within 6 months.
Evidence of experience in the specialty.
Substantial commitment to the specialty.
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion within the specialty.
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Higher degree.
Special skills training in the specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide pre-operative assessment and peri-operative care for elective and emergency patients across surgical specialties (excluding cardiothoracic).
Provide anaesthesia for all directorate surgical specialties for elective and emergency patients.
On-call commitment to the general on call rota.
Flexible sessions, and sessions in emergency surgery may be included in the job plan.
Work with teams to ensure high-quality patient care.
Clinical sessions will be five hours and include theatre anaesthesia with pre- and post-operative care.
Adhere to infection prevention and control policies.

Skills

Clinical experience

Independent responsibility

Guideline development

Management experience

Clinical governance understanding

Project leadership

Teaching junior staff

Undergraduate teaching

Postgraduate teaching

Audit participation

Research methodology

Publications

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC Registration

Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register

Higher degree

Tools

Specialist skills training

Job description

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills Essential criteria

Employer heading Consultant Anaesthetist Consultant Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for highly motivated, ambitious Anaesthetist to join our well-integrated Perioperative team at Freeman Hospital. The successful candidate would provide specialist peri-operative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing a wide range of operative procedures, with on call participation on the general theatre on call rota.

Main duties of the job

The provision of the highest quality patient care is the standard for all clinical our work.
Clinical duties will be to provide pre-operative assessment and peri-operative care for elective and emergency patients across the spectrum of surgical specialties offered at Freeman Hospital, excluding cardiothoracic surgery
Provision of anaesthesia for all directorate surgical specialities for elective and emergency patients.
On-call commitment to the general on call rota covering emergency theatre work.
Flexible sessions and sessions in emergency surgery may be included in the job plan
Flexibility is expected in the weekly timetable to ensure efficient use of the Consultant’s time and directorate resources.
Work closely with consultant colleagues, Anaesthetic and Critical care Unit nurses, theatre staff, surgeons and ward staff to ensure good communication at all times for the benefit of high-quality patient care
Clinical sessions will be of a nominal five-hour duration and include theatre anaesthesia with attendant pre- and post-operative care.
It is a condition of employment so far as reasonably practicable, that all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and in so doing be familiar with and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control

Working for our organisation

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: John Davidson, Clinical Director on 0191 244 8972, or via email at john.davidson10@nhs.net

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post would be suitable for any candidate who enjoys the challenge of and has experience in the perioperative management of both major and day-case (Ambulatory) surgical cases. The Freeman is essentially an elective surgically orientated hospital that manages the following specialities hepatobiliary, ENT, urology, vascular, general surgery and orthopaedics in medically high-risk patients. We also have an extensive robotics programme covering urology, ENT, hepatobiliary and colorectal surgeries. Experience in providing perioperative care for robotic surgical cases is not essential as in-house training will be provided if required. The Trust has a new Day-case Treatment Centre at the Freeman Hospital which has 4 theatres providing ambulatory surgery for the following specialities: Orthopaedics, General surgery, and Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastics and Chronic pain.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Primary Medical Qualification.
Full GMC Registration.
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).

Desirable criteria

Higher Degree.
Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience in the specialty.
Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable criteria

Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
Evidence of leadership / project management.
Evidence of having implemented change.
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable criteria

Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential criteria

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
Research/critical review of literature.
Publications in the last five years.

Desirable criteria

Higher degree.

Audit

Essential criteria

Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Applicant requirements

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.

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