Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Poole & Bournemouth

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

Consultants in Anaesthesia

Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals are reconfiguring services to improve access to specialist and consultant care for emergency pathways and ensure high quality, high volume patient-centred elective care by redeveloping these two Trusts into Major Emergency and Major Planned Care sites. This is part of a wider Dorset vision to transform our hospitals, community services and primary care to enable us to meet the needs of local people and deliver better outcomes for patients.

This is an exciting opportunity for applicants to play a key role in developing services.

These posts are the result of a demand/capacity gap analysis. The post are full-time10PA contracts (which include 1.5SPA, with additional SPA for defined roles, and the opportunity to take an optional additional PA) and includes contribution to the out of hours consultant on call rota.

We are developing our elective capacity at weekends. The post holder may have elective weekend activity in their job plan.

We are building new state of the art theatres at Poole in the near future. Bournemouth will become the major emergency hospital with major surgery, critical care, obstetrics, trauma and paediatrics and Poole the planned care site with a high volume of elective surgery. There will be significant capital investment in this project with additional new build theatres at Poole. The Bournemouth site will have a new build large critical care, emergency department and maternity unit.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration Fellowship / Membership of the Royal College of Anaesthetists or completed a period of education & training in anaesthesia recognised by PMETB Completion of CCT training in Anaesthesia. Applicants may be interviewed within 6 months of anticipated achievement of CCT, or suitable equivalents. Before applicants are put forward for shortlisting checks will be made to ensure they meet the essential criteria listed above
Knowledge commensurate with the above qualifications and the ability to offer expert opinion on range of problems in both emergency and elective aspects of patients. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients in theatre and in remote settings including transfers. Ability to perform within a multidisciplinary team.
Demonstrable interest in risk management and patient safety. Evidence of interest in peri-operative care with aim of optimising patient pathway. Evidence of interest in quality assurance. Evidence of successful involvement in quality improvement work. Interest in developing the service aligned to the needs of our patients.
Ability to advise on the effective organisation of an anaesthetic service. The ability to manage and lead a multidisciplinary team. Evidence of participation in Appraisal/Revalidation Evidence of good self-organisational skills and timekeeping.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates. Ability to teach practical skills in anaesthesia.
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems. Evidence of having undertaken projects in clinical audit. Evidence of successful audited change management. Have a full understanding and have participated in clinical trials relevant to the speciality. Ability to critically appraise published studies.
A strong patient focus Honesty, integrity and reliability Flexibility to adapt to service needs and ability to cope with change. Friendly & enquiring, critical approach to work Resilience and remain calm under pressure Caring attitude to patients & staff Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other healthcare workers Commitment to maintaining own appraisal and revalidation requirements Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post and on call commitments Willingness to work in partnership with management Willingness and ability to integrate fully with Consultant colleagues in Anaesthesia and other specialties. Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level Willingness to accept the need to implement trust, directorate and departmental priorities

Desirable

Previous experience working as a Consultant or ST7 equiv level
Postgraduate thesis/diploma Post CCT additional clinical experience
Relevant subspecialty higher or advanced level training in perioperative medicine, vascular, or ophthalmic anaesthesia.
Project led a service development programme from research to implementation
Attendance to a leadership or management course
Relevant Teaching Qualification
Desirable- Publications in specialist Anaesthetic or Critical Care journals.
Resilient & Compassionate