Job summary
This is 10 PA locum appointments for Consultant Anaesthetists. This post will be available as soon as possible for a period of 6 months.
The posts will deliver 10 PAs flexibly supporting the anaesthetic team at the Leeds General Infirmary and St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds.
The successful applicants should hold accreditation in FRCA in the Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK at the time of interview or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.
Applicants should have established skills in anaesthesia, excellent communication and team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential. Applicants are expected to embody The Leeds Way values by delivering patient-centred care, working collaboratively, treating patients and colleagues with fairness, and empowering those around them. A strong sense of accountability is essential to ensure we make the best use of the resources available to us.
Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the hospital, which can be arranged by contacting:
Anurag Vats, Lead Clinician T & A, LGI - anuragvats@nhs.net
Oliver Martin, Lead Clinician T & A, LGI - olivermartin@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated and skilled Locum
Consultant Anaesthetist to join our team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. You'll
work collaboratively with consultant colleagues, delivering high-quality
anaesthetic care across diverse surgical specialities. We'll rely on you to
support service plans, adapting to evolving clinical practices and new
technologies. You are expected to be involved in progressing the Clinical
Governance agenda, ensuring the highest standards of patient safety and care.
You will have the opportunity to shape the development of future doctors and
anaesthetists by supervising and teaching undergraduates and anaesthesia
residents. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides opportunities to
support established research within your job plan.
About us
This
is a 10 PA locum appointment for a Consultant Anaesthetist.
The
posts will deliver 10 PAs supporting the anaesthetic team. The posts will be
based at the Leeds General Infirmary or St Jamess University Hospital
depending upon service need and candidates skills and experience. The
successful applicant will join an existing team of over 150 Consultants.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
is a 10 PA/week locum appointment for a Consultant in Anaesthetics, supporting
the current anaesthetics team of over 150 Consultants for a duration of six
months.
The
core purpose of this post is to work alongside other consultant colleagues to
deliver a comprehensive anaesthetic service within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Trust while actively supporting the speciality's service plans by embracing
changes in clinical practice and new technologies. A key responsibility will
also be to engage with and advance Clinical Governance initiatives. The
appointee is expected to maintain and contribute to the existing teaching and
research activities within the Trust, such as supervising resident doctors and
undergraduate students.
This
full-time Consultant Anaesthetics post involves 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care
and 1.5 PAs for supporting professional activities, delivered within a
carefully designed rota to ensure robust cover. Your job plan will be reviewed
annually, with interim reviews as needed, and you will be managerially
accountable to the Chief Executive and professionally to the Chief Medical
Officer. You are expected to adhere to the General Medical Council's "Good
Medical Practice" and the Trust's "Core Behaviours" for conduct,
including reporting concerns about colleagues, and participate in mandatory
annual appraisals. All leave must follow Trust policy, typically requiring
eight weeks' notice. You'll undertake all necessary training, including
mandatory training and continuing medical education, which the Trust fully
supports with time and funding. The role provides necessary secretarial support
and IT facilities, and you must comply with all Trust Health and Safety and
Infection Control policies, including Universal Infection Control Precautions
and diligent hand hygiene practices. Finally, maintaining strict patient
confidentiality is paramount.
Candidates
for this post must hold FRCA or equivalent accreditation and have completed a
recognised higher specialist training program in Anaesthesia or be within six
months of specialist registration in the UK. Essential requirements include
demonstrating extensive clinical experience and competence across all areas of
anaesthesia, with prior experience in research being desirable. The successful
appointee will have the opportunity to contribute to clinical audit activities,
including mortality and morbidity meetings, clinical audit programs, and the
development and application of clinical guidelines, with allocated time in
their job plan for these supporting professional activities. They are also
expected to maintain and update their skills through continuous medical
education, as detailed in the separate person specification document.
The
candidate is expected to embody the Leeds Way values, which are:
Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered.
For
more information, please refer to the attached job description and person
specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
is a 10 PA/week locum appointment for a Consultant in Anaesthetics, supporting
the current anaesthetics team of over 150 Consultants for a duration of six
months.
The
core purpose of this post is to work alongside other consultant colleagues to
deliver a comprehensive anaesthetic service within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Trust while actively supporting the speciality's service plans by embracing
changes in clinical practice and new technologies. A key responsibility will
also be to engage with and advance Clinical Governance initiatives. The
appointee is expected to maintain and contribute to the existing teaching and
research activities within the Trust, such as supervising resident doctors and
undergraduate students.
This
full-time Consultant Anaesthetics post involves 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care
and 1.5 PAs for supporting professional activities, delivered within a
carefully designed rota to ensure robust cover. Your job plan will be reviewed
annually, with interim reviews as needed, and you will be managerially
accountable to the Chief Executive and professionally to the Chief Medical
Officer. You are expected to adhere to the General Medical Council's "Good
Medical Practice" and the Trust's "Core Behaviours" for conduct,
including reporting concerns about colleagues, and participate in mandatory
annual appraisals. All leave must follow Trust policy, typically requiring
eight weeks' notice. You'll undertake all necessary training, including
mandatory training and continuing medical education, which the Trust fully
supports with time and funding. The role provides necessary secretarial support
and IT facilities, and you must comply with all Trust Health and Safety and
Infection Control policies, including Universal Infection Control Precautions
and diligent hand hygiene practices. Finally, maintaining strict patient
confidentiality is paramount.
Candidates
for this post must hold FRCA or equivalent accreditation and have completed a
recognised higher specialist training program in Anaesthesia or be within six
months of specialist registration in the UK. Essential requirements include
demonstrating extensive clinical experience and competence across all areas of
anaesthesia, with prior experience in research being desirable. The successful
appointee will have the opportunity to contribute to clinical audit activities,
including mortality and morbidity meetings, clinical audit programs, and the
development and application of clinical guidelines, with allocated time in
their job plan for these supporting professional activities. They are also
expected to maintain and update their skills through continuous medical
education, as detailed in the separate person specification document.
The
candidate is expected to embody the Leeds Way values, which are:
Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered.
For
more information, please refer to the attached job description and person
specification.
Person Specification
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
- Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
- Experience of participation in regular clinical audit
- Understanding of current issues in the NHS
- Well organised and skilled in good time management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team
Desirable
- Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group
- Teaching Workshops
- Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff
- Attendance at recognised management course
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
- Have completed a recognised training programme in Anaesthesia
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCA or equivalent qualification
Desirable
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients & colleagues demonstrated by one of the following
- Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. OR
- Achieved the minimum score of 7 across all 4 of the following categories in academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application
- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. (An overall minimum score of 7.5) OR
- Achieved the minimum Grade B across all 4 of the following categories in the Occupational English Test (OET) in medicine in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application
- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. (You must provide your candidate number)
- Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary
- Meets professional health requirement (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice).
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or European Community Rights
Person Specification
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
- Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
- Experience of participation in regular clinical audit
- Understanding of current issues in the NHS
- Well organised and skilled in good time management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team
Desirable
- Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group
- Teaching Workshops
- Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff
- Attendance at recognised management course
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
- Have completed a recognised training programme in Anaesthesia
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCA or equivalent qualification
Desirable
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients & colleagues demonstrated by one of the following
- Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. OR
- Achieved the minimum score of 7 across all 4 of the following categories in academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application
- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. (An overall minimum score of 7.5) OR
- Achieved the minimum Grade B across all 4 of the following categories in the Occupational English Test (OET) in medicine in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application
- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. (You must provide your candidate number)
- Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary
- Meets professional health requirement (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice).
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or European Community Rights
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).
