Consultant - Anaesthetics (Burns)

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

Our Theatre and Anaesthetics Department are looking for a Consultant Anaesthetist to join our Broomfield Hospital team on a permanent full-time basis.

You will work collaboratively with your fellow Consultants to provide a modern and comprehensive Anaesthetic service to our patients. Interests in sub-specialities such as Paediatrics, Pain and Peri-operative Medicine are welcome.

Broomfield Hospital is the regional centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery and this post includes duties to the 6-bedded Burns Intensive Care Unit and to Burns Theatre. You will join a team of 10.5 WTE Consultants providing on call services to Burns and Plastics.

So, if you are dynamic, enjoy finding innovative solutions and enjoy working alongside a variety of levels and disciplines, we'd like to hear from you today!

Main duties of the job

If successful, some of your duties will include:

• Provision, with consultant colleagues, of a modern and comprehensive Anaesthetic, Intensive Care, Pain Medicine and Perioperative Medicine service to Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust. Successful applicants will be expected to integrate within and support all the current activities of the department.
• Clinical duties in Burns Intensive Care and Burns Theatre, for one clinical day per week, alternating weekly. Participation in the Burns Anaesthetic Consultant On Call Rota and provision of out-of-hours care where appropriate.
• Professional supervision, teaching, and management of resident medical staff, including trainee anaesthetists undertaking modular training in burns.
• Participation in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Participation in medical Audit and the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes. There is a monthly departmental directorate meeting on Audit Days that consultants are expected to attend.
• Appraisal, revalidation, job plan reviews and mandatory training updates are compulsory on an annual basis.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We look forward to your application.

Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or Equivalent
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) or CESR at time of interview
• Evidence of completion of specialist training or equivalent
• APLS / EPLS provider
• Higher training in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Intermediate Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) training

• Higher Degree
• ATLS provider

Experience

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty.
• Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems.
• Work history or supporting information demonstrates experience of taking full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.
• Demonstrable experience of supervising undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff
• Demonstrates good knowledge of the structures and culture of the NHS, roles, responsibilities and relationships across the MDT and the multi-professional team

• Experience and training in major elective surgery.
• Experience in Burns Anaesthesia / Intensive Care
• Experience in Paediatric Critical Care or Paediatric Retrieval

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application