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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus on-calls)
Job ref
223-SD2129
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£52,530 - £82,400 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/05/2024 23:59

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Specialty Doctor in Anaesthestics

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetic department who will be based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), Shrewsbury. The post has on-call element with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites during normal working hours.

Duties will principally involve supported cover of elective theatre sessions, an on-call commitment to the Intensive Care Unit and occasional daytime work in emergency theatres/ obstetric theatres and delivery suite.

Main duties of the job

Main Clinical Duties include:

  • Undertake theatre sessions solo and with accompanying consultants.
  • To take part in the 1st on call rota for anaesthetics
  • To provide support to the novice trainees and medical students and actively contribute to training and continuity of service
  • To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
  • To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
  • To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
  • To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of  acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

We also provide services such as consultant-led outreach clinics at the Wrekin Community Clinic, Telford, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen and the Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch Community Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director  on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the doctors duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of the  doctors professional practice.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

  • 9 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and emergency work.
  • 1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

There will be an opportunity to provide more elective care with the successful candidate(s) to increase the renumeration.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) Certification
Desirable criteria
  • FRCA part 1

Entry Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
  • A minimum of 1 year NHS experience in Anaesthesia
  • Experience in all aspects of Anaesthesia and critical care medicine
  • Demonstrate thorough understanding of health service delivery in the UK

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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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Chris De Klerk
Job title
Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01743 261196
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