Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain

We are seeking full-time Locum Consultant to join our OUTSTANDING Trust in our Pain Management team, as part of the Anaesthetic department to cover maternity leave. Applications are invited for a Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthesia. This new appointment affords an exciting opportunity to join a busy, innovative, developing and expanding anaesthetic department. These posts are full time appointments for a 12 month period (10 PAs) with 9 PAs of Direct Clinical Care including 1 PA for Supporting Professional Activity.

The Department provides anaesthetic services for elective surgery in: General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burns Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Gynaecology. The Trust has taken delivery of a surgical robot. The first robot assisted operation took place at the end of April 2022. Currently Colorectal, Gynaecological and urological robotic surgery is well established. The Trust is the only Trust in Merseyside undertaking emergency and elective Bariatric surgery.

The department also provides emergency anaesthetic cover for these services on a 24-hour basis. The Department also provides a 24-hour epidural service for analgesia during labour, and a 24-hour anaesthetic service for obstetric emergencies including caesarean sections.

Main duties of the job

On call/emergency commitments

Out of hours, there is a 3-tier resident on-call service. Tiers 1 and 2 comprise trainees of which one is primarily for obstetrics duties. The 3rd Tier is staffed by Speciality Doctors. The 1st on call Consultant is required to liaise closely with the 2nd on call Consultant. The 2nd On Call Consultant Anaesthetist would attend at the request of the 1st On Call Consultant Anaesthetist.

There is a consultant anaesthetic delivered weekend and public holiday orthopaedic trauma service providing all day (08:00 to 18:00) cover. There are 4 weekend plastic surgical trauma sessions, two of which benefit from anaesthetic cover.

Weekend Elective Activity

There is significant Out-of-Hours (OOHs) elective activity. This activity provides increased capacity required to meet clinical targets and is in line with the NHS moving toward seven day working. Historically this came under the term Waiting List Initiative activity but increasingly this being undertaken as part of consultants fixed job plans.

The appointees will be required to take part in the on-call rota, and/or other weekend and public holiday work which may include orthopaedic trauma service rota, the weekend plastic surgical trauma lists and OOHs elective workload subject to appropriate job planning and the varying requirements of the trust.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 11th December 2024
Closing Date: 23rd December 2024
Shortlisting Date: 24th December 2024
Proposed Interview Date: 2nd Week of January 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• FRCA Diploma or equivalent medical qualification.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in Anaesthesia.

Desirable

• MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification.
• Significant previous experience in NHS.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• General Duties Anaesthesia (Stage 3 or equivalent).

Desirable

• Subspecialty Anaesthetic Interest of benefit to the Trust and patients.
• Subspecialty Anaesthetic Training and Accreditation.
• Obstetric Anaesthesia (Stage 3 or equivalent).
• Orthopaedic Anaesthesia (Stage 3 or equivalent).

Skills

Essential

• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
• Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances.
• Knowledge and understanding of the process of Clinical Governance.
• Experience of teaching medical under-graduates, operating theatre staff and other non medical staff.
• Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.

Desirable

• Formal training in theory and practice of clinical teaching and methods of appraisal and assessment of trainees in anaesthesia.

Other

Essential

• Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively.
• Basic word processing, database, spreadsheet and presentational Skills.

Desirable

• Broad awareness of NHS organisation and day to day management of Anaesthetic Department.

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