Consultant in Anaesthesia with Interest in Neurosurgical Anesthesia inRomford inRomford PUBLISHED
FRI 11 OCT 2024
The appointment entails 10 programed activities (PAs), dividable into 8.5 clinical PAs and 1.5 supporting professional activities (SPAs), along with prospective on-call duties. The consultant will support a cross-site service, work on each hospital site, contribute to clinical audits, engage in research initiatives, and maintain current knowledge of anaesthetic practices. The Trust emphasises high-quality patient care within a Clinical Governance framework, and successful candidates are expected to promote departmental standards and support operational management.
The Trust seeks to appoint a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Neurosurgical Anaesthesia.This is a whole-time position, and the new appointee will share the caseload, facilities, and traineegrade support with the existing consultants.While the main intention of this position is to meet the requirements of Neurosurgical theatre'sthere is the potential for the successful candidate to utilise the flexible theatre element of the rota toundertake Neuro IR theatre lists which does include a thrombectomy service all of which can beexplored further at interview.
The post is whole time post of 10pa's and offers 8.5 programmed activities (PAs), and 1.5 SPA.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide pre-operative assessment, anaesthesia, and follow-up. He/she will be expected to introduce and apply new techniques as appropriate and to take a share of the general work of the department, including cover for consultant colleagues where practical.
The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals. The appointee will take his/her share of clinical responsibilities within the Department of anaesthesia. This will include provision for perioperative assessment. In addition to duties within sub-speciality, the appointee will be required to provide anaesthesia for adult patients in all specialties as appropriate to his/her training and experience.
Develop a team with a strong emphasis on delivering a cross-site service.
Post-holders will be required to work on each site.
Comply with your agreed job plan, which is reviewed annually.
As a Consultant at BHRUT the post involves prospective on-call duties which attracts 1.25PAs with a 5% uplift due to frequency of 1:10 with planned weekends which will include provision for adults as well as neonatal to teenage patients. The on-call is run in tandem with a second consultant due to the 2 hospital sites and the on-call rota stipulates which site you cover on each date across the year.
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Deputise in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave and (where practicable) short-term sickness.
Contribute (in co-operation with the Audit Committee) on a regular basis to the clinical audit process undertaken within the Trust, and where appropriate at a broader regional level.
Encourage and participate in appropriate research initiatives approved by the local Ethical Committee. Experience in research and audit is advantageous.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current anaesthetic procedures.
Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Attend departmental meetings.
Support the Divisional Director, Specialty Leads and other professional colleagues in the management of the department to ensure the maintenance of high standards, a good quality of patient care and the development of the service within the Clinical Governance framework.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez, Recruitment Advisor, on ext. 4440
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