Fixed Term Contract Consultant Post in Access

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job description

We are currently looking to appoint NHS Consultants with experience in Critical Care Medicine or Anaesthesia with an interest in Critical Care or Resuscitative Care, to work in the Adult Critical Care Emergency Service (ACCESS), London's commissioned Adult Critical Care Transfer and Retrieval Service.

The role offers flexibility to apply for 1 - 4 PAs on a Fixed term contract basis for up to 3 years. Please ensure that when applying for this role you have the capacity to undertake these PAs within your existing job plan (maximum of 12 PAs).

We are currently seeking highly skilled and motivated individuals to join our dynamic team at ACCESS. As a Duty Retrieval Consultant, you will have a pivotal role in the London healthcare system. A safe, compassionate, effective and efficient response is key to transitioning patients across facilities for specialist intervention, diagnostics or clinically urgent consults as well as repatriation to local unit post completion of care episodes.

This position entails working collaboratively with the Operational Leadership team and our diverse workforce to effectively mitigate service risk.

Our operations are carried out in collaboration with the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS), the London integrated commissioning boards and associated critical care networks to provide a transfer service for critically ill patients throughout London 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

1. Connect with the duty team at operational starting hours and lead team brief.
2. Be available for the duration of the shift to provide clinical and operational support.
3. Be available in some specific clinical circumstances to lead patient care at the bedside and in-transit.
4. Record any transfer requests from referring consultants.
5. Manage tasking of duty clinical teams.
6. Provide required liaison to achieve a safe and efficient transfer process.
7. Provide clinical advice and support on critical care transfer planning across London.
8. Record referral outcomes.
9. Support training and education activity by completion of requested workplace based assessments (WPBAs) as requested by trainees.
10. Daily safety-netting: Review the previous shift(s) transfer PRFs, flagging any concerns and recording whether cases suitable for case analysis at a governance day using the referral tags 'interest and learning' or 'governance concerns'.
11. Complete documentation relating to the above in line with service clinical governance framework.
12. Escalate any operational or governance concerns via the respective Clinical Operations Lead or Clinical Governance Lead.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. In some instances, mandated by patient complexity or in the event of sickness or short-notice absence of the Transfer Registrar, the Duty Retrieval Consultant is expected to maintain business continuity by attending the transfers in person.
2. Collaborate with the Risk Lead to maintain ACCESS Risk register.
3. Attend ACCESS Operational Leadership Team meetings and provide a governance update as a standing order.
4. Review taskings highlighted for governance review and feedback outcomes.
5. Ensure availability for participation in SI investigations panels specifically related to ACCESS Transfers.
6. Select appropriate taskings for longitudinal audit ACCESS Clinical Development days.
7. Assist the Clinical Directors and Clinical Operations Lead in addressing any ACCESS Complaints.
8. Escalate significant service risks or governance concerns to the Clinical Directors.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Practitioner, with full GMC registration and a specialist register entry in a relevant speciality (Critical Care Medicine or Anaesthesia).
• Post graduate professional qualifications (e.g. FFICM, FRCA, MRCP, FRCEM, MRCS).
• Experience in coordinating or leading regional critical care transfer activity.

Desirable

• Formal training OR post graduate qualification in leadership and/or management and/or strategy processes.
• Formal training or postgraduate qualification in pre-hospital care or retrieval medicine.

Experience

Essential

• NHS Consultant experience in Critical Care Medicine or Anaesthesia with an interest in Critical Care or Resuscitative Care.
• Compliance with good medical practice and GMC revalidation requirements.
• Multi-agency communication and engagement.
• Evidence of participation in robustly governed systems.
• Demonstrable experience in individual and service level performance monitoring and management.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in contingency planning and risk management.
• Policy or compliance level positions.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential

• Uphold the GMC's Duties of a Doctor at all times.
• To maintain own professional development.
• To support duty of candour where appropriate.

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