11 Oct
East And North Herts Nhs Trust
Stevenage
Job description
Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Anaesthetics department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork.
We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.
We have 1 WTE post that is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage but will also require some activity to be delivered at the new St Albans Elective Hub.
The post is comprised of 10 programmed activities (PAs),
additional programmed activities and an on-call commitment.
The new St Albans Elective Hub is due to open in early '25 and we will be providing the anaesthetic service for all East & North Herts elective surgery (Ortho and ENT) on this site.
This post is suitable for those with an interest in orthopaedic anaesthesia but also keen to remain part of the general anaesthetic team.
An interest in pre-operative care and pathways is essential. The successful applicant will be part of the general on call team, which includes obstetric care.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to work-up complex surgical patients in the perioperative period and be familiar with the interpretation of CPET.
The post-holder is required to be skilled in all aspects of orthopaedic anaesthesia undertaken at ENHT and the St Albans Elective Hub, which aims towards same day discharge post joint replacement surgery.
The post-holder should be confident in regional anaesthetic techniques to facilitate surgery.
The post holder will be expected to be flexible in their approach to working patterns, undertaking clinical work on any site when required.
A strong commitment to the training and education of trainees and other staff members is also expected.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.
Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals :
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.
We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder.
Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- FRCA or qualification of an equivalent level
- Higher Anaesthesia (or equivalent) training
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
- or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in Anaesthesia for various specialties
- Experience in delivering anaesthetic, general and / or regional, for orthopaedic day case and inpt surgery
- Pre-assessment of complex, high risk patients for surgery
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Desirable
Demonstrable experience in a consultant role
Skills
Essential
- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
- Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
▶️ Consultant in Anaesthetics with an interest in Orthopaedics
🖊️ East And North Herts Nhs Trust
📍 Stevenage