Consultant Anaesthetist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: John Davidson on 0191 244 8972, or via email at john.davidson10@nhs.net.
The closing date is Wednesday 6 November 2024.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Clinical:
- The provision of the highest quality patient care is the standard for all clinical 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
Administrative:
- Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Directorate in cooperation with the Clinical Director and Directorate Managers
- To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives
- To become involved with the financial management of the Directorate budget – at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high-quality care to agreed standards but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources
- To participate in the collaborative working between the three peri-operative departments within the Trust in regard to management planning, clinical governance, risk management, therapeutics, equipment, education and training
- To participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multi-disciplinary quality improvement, audit, and risk management activities in peri-operative and critical care. The aims of quality improvement & audit will include
- Ensuring compliance with existing Trust and national guidelines relating to Anaesthesia and ICM
- Monitoring clinical outcomes with the aim of improving quality of patient care
- To improve patient care through the application of quality improvement methodology
- To attend monthly directorate audit meetings
- To provide a contribution to the work necessary for NHSLA/CQC
- To assist the Peri-operative Clinical Director and Directorate Manager in the timely investigation of complaints – working to provide reports within the time frame set out by Trust policy
- To report incidents and near misses through the Trust’s incident reporting system
- Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Peri-operative and Critical Care Directorate, working in collaboration with colleagues.
Research:
- This Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile actively that improves patient care. The emphasis being studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research portfolio
- The Directorate recognises that high quality research is an integral part of development and quality care, and undertakes to support and encourage such activities wherever possible
Teaching:
- Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level is core directorate business and all staff are expected to make an active contribution
- Active involvement in clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees and foundation doctors in the directorate is expected from all Consultants
- Participation in the teaching and training of other health care professionals within the Directorate
- After appropriate training and CPD, most consultants are expected to be selected to be educational supervisors for anaesthetic trainees and fellows, accountable to RCOA College Tutor
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024