Job summary
We seek a dynamic individual with a broad range of specialist skills in general adult and obstetric anaesthesia to join our team as a substantive appointment.
The successful candidate would provide specialist peri-operative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing a wide range of operative procedures at the RVI and may also be asked to undertake sessions at the Day Treatment Centre (DTC), based at the Freeman Hospital.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, 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.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
To provide anaesthesia, peri-operative management and pre-operative assessment services to elective and emergency patients on the RVI site and, potentially, on occasion, at the Day Treatment Centre (DTC) on the Freeman site
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact one of the Clinical Directors: Dr Ian Clement on 0191282 9813 - Ian.Clement@nhs.net or Dr Barry Paul on 0191 282 9833 - Barry.Paul@nhs.net . Alternatively please contact Dr. Sarah Metcalfe, Lead for Adult Anaesthesia on 0191 282 9817, or via email Sarah.Metcalfe11@nhs.net and Dr Danny Morland, Lead for Obstetric Anaesthesia on 0191 282 3796, or via e-mail Danny.Morland@nhs.net
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Clinical duties will encompass elective and emergency adult theatre anaesthesia along with obstetric anaesthesia
Commitments in obstetric anaesthesia will include providing obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia on the tertiary level obstetric unit in addition to delivering a resident consultant evening session on delivery suite combined with the overnight on call rota
Weekly daytime sessions will be job planned to support on call provision but flexible working is essential especially when unpredictable absences occur
The exact make up of the job planned week is open for negotiation and will involve service delivery within the surgical services identified below
The successful applicant may be required to deliver some elective theatre work during planned evening sessions as part of their regular job plan
The surgical directorate delivers a major upper and lower gastrointestinal service endocrine surgery and breast surgery neurosciences provide a regional service for neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology plastic surgery provides major reconstructive surgery including head and neck breast and lower limb a regional burns service and a regional hand trauma service orthopaedics provide a trauma service upper limb orthopaedics and a major spinal surgery service gynaecology run a gynaecological oncology urogynaecology and fertility service there are also opportunities in maxillofacial surgery ophthalmology oculoplastics and dental anaesthesia
The hospital is a major trauma centre there are opportunities for management of both the immediate presentation of major trauma and subsequent interactions with the peri operative and pain service
Applications are welcomed from candidates with clinical expertise in all other areas of the department including critical care medicine should a candidate with a certificate of completion of training in intensive care medicine apply this would be welcomed and flexibility provided to allow delivery of daytime critical care on call commitments would however be on the obstetric anaesthesia rota rather than intensive care medicine
Administrative
To participate in all aspects of clinical governance making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary quality improvement and risk management activities in peri operative and critical care
The aims of quality improvement will include ensuring compliance with national guidelines relating to anaesthesia and helping to create an environment of continuous improvement in the quality of care
These activities will be carried out in a multidisciplinary manner clinical governance clinical effectiveness and audit meetings occur regularly throughout the year all members of the directorate are expected to attend and contribute these meetings are also used to deliver trust mandatory training
The five departments within the directorate adult anaesthesia adult critical care paediatric anaesthesia obstetric anaesthesia and pain management function managerially as a single department you will be expected to undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of your patients and in relation to the running of the department of anaesthesia in cooperation with heads of department the specialty manager and the clinical director you will be entitled to become a member of the medical staff committee of the hospital
Obstetric anaesthetists are required to contribute towards maternity services clinical governance structures including representation at meetings guideline drafting incident investigation risk management and service development
To undertake anaesthesia administrative duties within the context of compliance with directorate and trust aims and objectives
To undertake continued medical education in accordance with guidelines of the royal college of anaesthetists and pursue trust objectives and personal development this will be reviewed at annual appraisal and job planning the trust has a mentoring scheme which new consultants are encouraged to use
There are close links with other directorates within the trust including peri operative services and anaesthesia services within the cardiothoracic directorate there is a collaborative approach to workforce planning clinical governance risk management therapeutics equipment and education
Research
The trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that complements the service provided the emphasis is on studies within the national institute of health research portfolio
The peri operative and critical care directorate has recently become an academic clinical directorate with associated access to research funding there is ongoing research network activity within the directorate and several active awards supporting research capability within the consultant body
Teaching
The directorate places considerable emphasis on undergraduate and postgraduate education and has a strong success rate at royal college of anaesthetists examinations you will be expected to make an active contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of anaesthesia
The directorate seeks to play a key role in the regional development of training future anaesthetists
Undergraduate education is provided to medical students from newcastle university
The directorate also educates nursing staff operating department personnel professions allied to medicine paramedic ambulance personnel and armed forces personnel
The northern school of anaesthesia provides the hub for postgraduate anaesthetic education with teaching opportunities available to all consultants
All consultants are expected to be actively involved in the clinical supervision of postgraduate residents within the directorate some will have specific responsibility as educational supervisors under the direction of the college tutor
Multidisciplinary teaching learning and simulation are key components of safety culture on delivery suite with consultant obstetric anaesthetists acting as leaders
Flexibility
In line with the trusts core value of placing patients at the centre of care service provision is developing to respond to patient needs to meet these needs some staff groups may be required to work more flexibly including evenings and weekends any offer of employment will be subject to agreement to work a flexible pattern now or in the future
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Clinical duties will encompass elective and emergency adult theatre anaesthesia along with obstetric anaesthesia
Commitments in obstetric anaesthesia will include providing obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia on the tertiary level obstetric unit in addition to delivering a resident consultant evening session on delivery suite combined with the overnight on call rota
Weekly daytime sessions will be job planned to support on call provision but flexible working is essential especially when unpredictable absences occur
The exact make up of the job planned week is open for negotiation and will involve service delivery within the surgical services identified below
The successful applicant may be required to deliver some elective theatre work during planned evening sessions as part of their regular job plan
The surgical directorate delivers a major upper and lower gastrointestinal service endocrine surgery and breast surgery neurosciences provide a regional service for neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology plastic surgery provides major reconstructive surgery including head and neck breast and lower limb a regional burns service and a regional hand trauma service orthopaedics provide a trauma service upper limb orthopaedics and a major spinal surgery service gynaecology run a gynaecological oncology urogynaecology and fertility service there are also opportunities in maxillofacial surgery ophthalmology oculoplastics and dental anaesthesia
The hospital is a major trauma centre there are opportunities for management of both the immediate presentation of major trauma and subsequent interactions with the peri operative and pain service
Applications are welcomed from candidates with clinical expertise in all other areas of the department including critical care medicine should a candidate with a certificate of completion of training in intensive care medicine apply this would be welcomed and flexibility provided to allow delivery of daytime critical care on call commitments would however be on the obstetric anaesthesia rota rather than intensive care medicine
Administrative
To participate in all aspects of clinical governance making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary quality improvement and risk management activities in peri operative and critical care
The aims of quality improvement will include ensuring compliance with national guidelines relating to anaesthesia and helping to create an environment of continuous improvement in the quality of care
These activities will be carried out in a multidisciplinary manner clinical governance clinical effectiveness and audit meetings occur regularly throughout the year all members of the directorate are expected to attend and contribute these meetings are also used to deliver trust mandatory training
The five departments within the directorate adult anaesthesia adult critical care paediatric anaesthesia obstetric anaesthesia and pain management function managerially as a single department you will be expected to undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of your patients and in relation to the running of the department of anaesthesia in cooperation with heads of department the specialty manager and the clinical director you will be entitled to become a member of the medical staff committee of the hospital
Obstetric anaesthetists are required to contribute towards maternity services clinical governance structures including representation at meetings guideline drafting incident investigation risk management and service development
To undertake anaesthesia administrative duties within the context of compliance with directorate and trust aims and objectives
To undertake continued medical education in accordance with guidelines of the royal college of anaesthetists and pursue trust objectives and personal development this will be reviewed at annual appraisal and job planning the trust has a mentoring scheme which new consultants are encouraged to use
There are close links with other directorates within the trust including peri operative services and anaesthesia services within the cardiothoracic directorate there is a collaborative approach to workforce planning clinical governance risk management therapeutics equipment and education
Research
The trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that complements the service provided the emphasis is on studies within the national institute of health research portfolio
The peri operative and critical care directorate has recently become an academic clinical directorate with associated access to research funding there is ongoing research network activity within the directorate and several active awards supporting research capability within the consultant body
Teaching
The directorate places considerable emphasis on undergraduate and postgraduate education and has a strong success rate at royal college of anaesthetists examinations you will be expected to make an active contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of anaesthesia
The directorate seeks to play a key role in the regional development of training future anaesthetists
Undergraduate education is provided to medical students from newcastle university
The directorate also educates nursing staff operating department personnel professions allied to medicine paramedic ambulance personnel and armed forces personnel
The northern school of anaesthesia provides the hub for postgraduate anaesthetic education with teaching opportunities available to all consultants
All consultants are expected to be actively involved in the clinical supervision of postgraduate residents within the directorate some will have specific responsibility as educational supervisors under the direction of the college tutor
Multidisciplinary teaching learning and simulation are key components of safety culture on delivery suite with consultant obstetric anaesthetists acting as leaders
Flexibility
In line with the trusts core value of placing patients at the centre of care service provision is developing to respond to patient needs to meet these needs some staff groups may be required to work more flexibly including evenings and weekends any offer of employment will be subject to agreement to work a flexible pattern now or in the future
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- FRCA or equivalent
Desirable
- Other relevant undergraduate or postgraduate scientific or medical qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in all aspects of general adult anaesthesia
- Extensive experience in caring for major surgical patients including emergency and major trauma cases
- Ability to manage on call demands and workload, providing leadership within an on-call team in a major, acute hospital with multiple concurrent workstreams, triaging appropriately and working with surgical colleagues
Desirable
- Experienced obstetric anaesthetist, including higher obs training (RCOA SIA or equivalent) or experience at consultant obstetric anaesthetist level.
- Experience of management of acutely sick maternity patients
- Experience in upper/lower GI surgery
- Experience in neuroanaesthesia
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- An understanding of Clinical Governance. Evidence of having implemented change
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of delivering projects within multi-agency teams
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Evidence of broad education interest and skill set going beyond intra-departmental teaching
- Development of teaching programs
- Multidisciplinary teaching and simulation in the obstetric environment
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Desirable
- Publications in the last five years
Quality Improvement
Essential
- Evidence of participation in QI or audit
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
- Presentation of QI work at regional or national level
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- FRCA or equivalent
Desirable
- Other relevant undergraduate or postgraduate scientific or medical qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in all aspects of general adult anaesthesia
- Extensive experience in caring for major surgical patients including emergency and major trauma cases
- Ability to manage on call demands and workload, providing leadership within an on-call team in a major, acute hospital with multiple concurrent workstreams, triaging appropriately and working with surgical colleagues
Desirable
- Experienced obstetric anaesthetist, including higher obs training (RCOA SIA or equivalent) or experience at consultant obstetric anaesthetist level.
- Experience of management of acutely sick maternity patients
- Experience in upper/lower GI surgery
- Experience in neuroanaesthesia
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- An understanding of Clinical Governance. Evidence of having implemented change
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of delivering projects within multi-agency teams
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Evidence of broad education interest and skill set going beyond intra-departmental teaching
- Development of teaching programs
- Multidisciplinary teaching and simulation in the obstetric environment
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Desirable
- Publications in the last five years
Quality Improvement
Essential
- Evidence of participation in QI or audit
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
- Presentation of QI work at regional or national level
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
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).
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