Specialist Doctor in AnaestheticsinGloucesterinGloucesterPUBLISHED WED 27 NOV 2024

We wish to a appoint new Specialist Doctor colleague to join our expandingAnaesthetic services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).

The department has a good history of success at primary and final exams and we are keen to encourage applicants opportunity to be involved in teaching sessions. Candidates will be expected to have an annual appraisal; there will be support for this and the revalidation process.

Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council and should have completed at least six years of full-time training and service in hospitals recognised by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. FRCA or equivalent diploma would be advantageous but not essential. The department requires these doctors to be ideally proficient in a broad range of anaesthetic skill and be prepared to enjoy a flexible model of service provision. This post will be based in Cheltenham or Gloucester, however, these are trust-wide appointments and candidates may sometimes be required to work on other sites, including on-call, within the trust.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements to:

o ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred direct clinical care in trauma Anaesthetics

o meet service delivery and improvements

o provide effective leadership to all staff within an agreed sub-specialty, such as trauma or obstetrics

o deliver teaching and training to others

o work in accordance with our trust's procedures and operating policies

o assume management or leadership roles in the trust

o support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division and our Trust

o work within the framework of team decisions

o take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social service

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Clinical Responsibilities

Clinical activities will centre around the provision of anaesthesia care presenting for an agreed specialty, for example; trauma, other surgical specialty, obstetrics.

The appointee will be a key link between anaesthesia and surgical services and will possess the necessary inter-personal skills to lead a multidisciplinary team.

The appointee will support the clinical decision making of SAS, junior medical and nursing staff.

As a busy department, working across 2 sites as well as peripheral hospitals, the successful applicant will be required to cover a wide range of specialties. The expectation would be for the successful applicant to be able to work in all these areas alongside trainees and with the support of consultants.

There will be an out of hours commitment.

Education and Training

The introduction of the Gloucestershire Academy for University of Bristol medical students in 2004 means that our department provides learning opportunities including regular teaching sessions for year 4 medical students during their Year 4 COTE/Primary care/Dermatology curriculum unit.

We also teach and train Physician Associate students on attachment from Worcester University and the University of the West of England, Bristol.

There is a weekly medical grand round in which all specialties and individual consultants are expected to participate.

to participate in our departmental undergraduate teaching programmes

to participate in postgraduate training and other staff teaching as appropriate

to act as Clinical Supervisor (and in agreement with our departmental postgraduate lead as Educational Supervisor) to junior and middle grade medical staff

The department has regular teaching on morbidity and mortality cases, journal club and examination teaching which are open to all members of the specialty.

We also hold regular QI meetings which cover a wide scope of topics relevant to our everyday practice

Continuing Professional Development

We recognise the importance of continuing medical education and actively encourage our department to prioritise professional development. You will undertake CME / CPD as per College recommendations. A mentoring scheme for new staff is well established and each new appointee will be appointed a mentor shortly after appointment.

You will be encouraged to be active in clinical research. We are part of a network of hospitals that have been collaborating with Cranfield University to form the Cranfield Postgraduate Medical School (based at Redwood House in Gloucester). Consultants at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals currently hold professional honorary academic appointments. You may be afforded the opportunity to join this multi-disciplinary postgraduate medical school as a faculty member depending on interests and research activity.

We have a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates the clinical audit program. A wide variety of audits are undertaken within the Department. The Department is supported by a dedicated audit assistant, a dedicated member of the Information department and a dedicated risk manager. Clinical Governance meetings are regular. The post-holder will be expected to take part in developing clinical audit activities within the department and achieving clinical governance objectives in accordance with the agreed Divisional and Trust clinical governance programs.

The Gloucestershire health community supports the development of the Gloucestershire Academy. The Academy is hosted by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Initially led by the University of Bristol Medical School and now involving the University of the West of England Faculty of Health and Social Care, it will continue to grow to embrace the ambitions of the NHS, the University and other organisations that may be relevant to our countys Trusts and employees. Meanwhile its implementation currently involves providing an academic infrastructure for students in medicine, nursing and the allied health professions to pursue the curriculum with relevant high education institution, in the health service, clinical setting of the secondary care Trusts of Gloucestershire.