Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Critical Care Medicine
It is essential that the post-holder should hold the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and be on the GMC specialist register or will obtain a relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview.
It is expected that the successful applicant will work to an agreed job plan. An indicative version is shown in the table. Once appointed, applicants will have a job plan agreed in conjunction with our clinical director and theirs, on behalf of the Medical Director.
Main duties of the job
We currently offer new jobs at 11PAs to include 7.0PAs Direct Clinical Care (DCC) plus 2.5 PAs out of hours DCC and Basic 1.5 SPAs. A job plan review is done after three months and any additional SPAs can be negotiated to reflect the exact working practice of the successfulcandidate. It is expected that SPA time is allocated equally between Anaesthesia and Critical Care.
The job pattern spans a ten-week cycle, which includes three weeks on critical care and 5 weeks in theatre, (six sessions per week + SPA). There are compensatory rest periods built in, known as 'anti-burnout' weeks. The overall ICU: anaesthesia split is approximately 50:50
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about job descriptions and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent
* Full GMC registration
* Eligible for entry/entered on the specialist register of the General Medi-cal Council in Anaesthesia
* FRCA or equivalent
* CCT in Anaesthesia, or within 6 months of CCT at date of interview
* Evidence of a higher training mod-ule in obstetric anaesthesia or equivalent
* Membership of Special-ist Societies
* MD or equivalent
* Further postgraduate qualifications
Clinical Experience
* Experience of anaesthetic manage-ment of a wide range of general, ob-stetric, head and neck, orthopaedic, emergency, trauma and major surgery
* Advanced training in ob-stetric anaesthesia or equivalent
Audit/Research
* Experience of audit or quality im-provement project
* Willingness to actively participate in departmental audit/quality improvement
* Presentation at recog-nised national and/or international meetings
Teaching
* Experience of and commitment to postgraduate teaching
* Evidence of training for teaching
* Understanding of current education processes and requirements for train-ing in Anaesthesia and ITU
* Evidence of attendance at anaesthesia meetings
* Commitment to teaching of undergraduates and al-lied health professionals
* Evidence of achieving GMC standards for Educa-tional Supervisor role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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