Job summary
Role Summary
Trainee will develop skills in providing anaesthetic services to patients requiring anaesthesia, respiratory care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and/or other emergency, life sustaining services within the anaesthesia and wider theatre and critical care environments.
Trainees will be expected to attend training and examinations at University of Birmingham. This will require access to a vehicle ability to utilise public transport to facilitate this. These external visits will normally be less than once a month. There may be a requirement to attend other locations to facilitate learning and development.
Main duties of the job
- Under instruction and supervision of the consultant anaesthetist, visit patients on the wards that require anaesthesia to perform/participate in the preoperative interviewing and physiological and psychological assessment.
- Whilst maintaining patient confidentiality, evaluate and/or collect patient information from the patient's history, physical examination, laboratory, radiographic and other diagnostic data and inform the consultant anaesthetist of any relevant potential problems and highlight possible solutions.
- Design individual anaesthetic care plans for each patient and under supervision of the consultant anaesthetist implement these plans as appropriate.
- Following appropriate training, administer and/or participate in the planned administration of general anaesthesia for a variety of surgical and medically related procedures.
- Following appropriate training, carry out advanced clinical practices using a broad variety of techniques, anaesthesia agents, drugs and equipment in providing anaesthesia care.
- Ensure the procedure for administering, recording and storage of drugs is complied with as permitted by medicines legislation for your primary registered qualification if applicable. (This is subject to change once the AA role is regulated).
- Using analytical skills, and following hospital policy, administer and record delivery of fluids and blood therapy with the plan of care under the direction of the supervising consultant.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Science Graduates with a minimum upper second class honours degree in a biological, biomedical, paramedical or life-science subject
- Professional qualification and registration either Nursing (NMC) or ODP (HCPC) with relevant post qualification experience (min 36 months)
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Provider
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of patient focused care.
- Experience in recording, setting, treatment plans and evaluation of progress against plan.
- Experience of research and critical incident analysis and clinical risk management/clinical governance
- Working with integrated care pathways, protocols and patient specific directives
- Experience of service improvement and quality initiatives
- IV drug administration
- Knowledge of the role of care delivery of all professions including nursing and medicine
- Knowledge of common conditions requiring an anaesthetic
- An understanding of the principles for using technology to support anaesthesia
- Appreciation of the Working Time Directive and its potential impact on the anaesthetic team
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiasm and motivation to challenge current working practices and try something new
- Ability to expand knowledge and take on new responsibility/roles
- Ability to work under pressure
- Communication Skills
- Ability to self-motivate, plan and execute own work, ability to motivate others
- Problem solver and critical thinker
- Good team worker
- Ability to prioritise
- Can demonstrate a high level of dexterity and accuracy
- Computer literate
- Positive attitude towards change
- Ability to work with supervision whilst a trainee and as part of a team
- Positive team member
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Experience in teaching and mentoring others
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Science Graduates with a minimum upper second class honours degree in a biological, biomedical, paramedical or life-science subject
- Professional qualification and registration either Nursing (NMC) or ODP (HCPC) with relevant post qualification experience (min 36 months)
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Provider
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of patient focused care.
- Experience in recording, setting, treatment plans and evaluation of progress against plan.
- Experience of research and critical incident analysis and clinical risk management/clinical governance
- Working with integrated care pathways, protocols and patient specific directives
- Experience of service improvement and quality initiatives
- IV drug administration
- Knowledge of the role of care delivery of all professions including nursing and medicine
- Knowledge of common conditions requiring an anaesthetic
- An understanding of the principles for using technology to support anaesthesia
- Appreciation of the Working Time Directive and its potential impact on the anaesthetic team
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiasm and motivation to challenge current working practices and try something new
- Ability to expand knowledge and take on new responsibility/roles
- Ability to work under pressure
- Communication Skills
- Ability to self-motivate, plan and execute own work, ability to motivate others
- Problem solver and critical thinker
- Good team worker
- Ability to prioritise
- Can demonstrate a high level of dexterity and accuracy
- Computer literate
- Positive attitude towards change
- Ability to work with supervision whilst a trainee and as part of a team
- Positive team member
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Experience in teaching and mentoring others
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
