Main area Anaesthetics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 programmed activities) Job ref 272-7562637
Employer Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cross Site Town Doncaster Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/12/2025 23:59
Locum Consultant Anaesthetist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic General Anaesthetist to join a well-established Anaesthetic Department as a Consultant. The Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain provides anaesthetic cover for three of the Trust’s sites, maintains Critical Care facilities on two of the Trust’s sites and Chronic Pain Clinics on one site. The successful applicant will join the Department’s on call rota at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. The anaesthetic service currently consists of 42 Consultants, 20 SAS doctors and 20 Trainees and covers all the areas expected from a large hospital. Medical specialties include inpatient nephrology and satellite dialysis units on 2 other sites.
The successful candidate will be based in the Anaesthetic Department, carrying out general anaesthetic duties across the Trust and participating in the general anaesthesia on-call rota. At present the frequency of on calls is 1:14, but can vary from 1:12 to 1:15, attracting 3% on call supplement. During on call duties, you will be covering general emergency theatre, obstetric theatres and A&E.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will work across the three sites in Doncaster, Bassetlaw and Mexborough to provide excellent Anaesthetic services. The successful candidate will take their equal share of providing emergency anaesthetic cover working the on-call consultant rota based and will be expected to provide cover on a reciprocal basis for consultant colleagues during short periods of absence. 1.5 PA currently is allocated for the on-call work which currently is a 1:8 general on-call.
Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
* Extensive range of learning opportunities
* Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
* NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a Job Description and Person Specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS/MBChB or equivalent acceptable to the GMC
* Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
* You must be on the specialist register for Anaesthetics or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee
Experience and Achievements
* Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Anaesthesia
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
* Understanding current issues within Anaesthesia the future direction of the specialty
* Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
* Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
* Wide based experience in Anaesthesia
* Attendance at a recognised management course
Teaching and training
* Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
* Training in clinical and educational supervision
* Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
* Attendance at a teaching course
* Formal qualification in teaching/education
Audit and Research
* Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes
* Critical Appraisal Skills
* Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
* Ability to use IT Systems – inc Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook
* Evidence of innovation
* Evidence of continual learning and development
* Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
* Access to own transport
General
* Eligibility to work in the UK
* Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
* For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
* An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service
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* The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
* All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Dr Padma Gopal Job title Clinical Director Email address padma.gopal@nhs.net Telephone number 01302 642178 Additional information
Further information can be obtained from Dr Padma Gopal, Clinical Director on email padma.gopal@nhs.net or via the Anaesthetic Department at Doncaster on 01302 642179.
Alternatively please contact the Medical HR Team on 01302 642585 or email dbth.medicalhr@s.net.
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