[ref. e34946420] NHS - Consultant in Anaesthetics
The Post The successful candidates will share responsibilities within the department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. The successful candidate will be required to provide 8.0 PA per week of DCC, plus 1.0 PA for on call, and a minimum of 1.5 PA per week of SPA. Additional clinical PAs may be available dependent upon the needs of the anaesthetic department, and the appointee will be encouraged to take on additional SPA roles determined by their interests and the needs of the department.
Critical Care Unit Critical Care Medicine cover is provided by two consultants on weekdays. One Consultant provides cover from 0800 to 2100 on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and the other provides cover between 0800 and 1800 on the High Dependency Unit (HDU).On call during the week is shared between the Critical Care and General Consultants. The Critical Care Consultants provide a weekend on call service which will be on a 1 in 9 basis with prospective cover. There is a resident session on the Critical care unit from 0800-1200, followed by on call till 2000hr.
(Consultants will be expected to cross cover colleagues leave in order to cover the Critical Care Medicine service). These are new posts to facilitate a departmental restructure, providing separate rotas for critical care and other duties. The aim is to separate out the ITU and General rotas in time.
There are currently 9 Consultant Anaesthetists with sessions in Critical Care. We have recently appointed a trust associate specialist to increase clinical cover in critical care. Anaesthetics Each theatre session is 1.33 PAs or 5 hours, which includes 1 hour for pre-operative assessment and post-operative care.
The theatre start time for the morning list is 0830 and for afternoon list is 1345. Several theatre lists may be all Day and the trauma list starts at 13:45 and finishes at 20:30. Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) The list of activities included in SPA is not limited to activities to support continuing professional development (CPD), but includes mandatory training, appraisal, revalidation, audit, job planning, departmental and personal administration, governance, education and training etc.
All of the SPA activities will be required to support revalidation and professional development. The expected anaesthetic related activities of the job plan, should occur at regular times in the week. Mutual agreement will be reached between the appointee and their Clinical Lead, with regard to scheduling, including SPA.An example timetable is indicated in this job description, and we are very willing to discuss alternative arrangements with suitable candidates who have a specialist area of interest that complements their primary role. On Call Availability The post holder will participate in the General Anaesthesia & Critical Care on call rota for out of hours emergency work.
The on call is Category A attracting a pay supplement of 3% and tariffed at 1.0 PA per week on average. Teaching and Training The appointee is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and other clinical staff groups.
The appointee may also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty if interested. If appropriate, the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
Study & Training The applicant is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose, and the appointee will be entitled to apply to the Trust Study Leave Committee for a contribution to funding of this activity.
Appraisal, Revalidation & Mandatory training The successful candidate will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend mandatory training as stipulated.