Job summary
Applications are invited for a Specialty Doctor post in Critical Care and Anaesthesia at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a department of 34 Consultants, 40 trainee and Specialty Doctors covering a 5 tier on-call.
Watford General Hospital is a busy District General Hospital situated just outside London. St Albans City Hospital is an Elective Surgery Centre.
The post is full time 12 PA's working a full-shift timetable and will include working in ICU, Obstetric Unit and theatres. The post will involve taking part in an out of hours rota (including weekends) at Watford General Hospital as one of the resident doctors.
It is essential that the applicant holds full GMC registration. The post is not recognised for training. Please apply online, the advert will close as soon as we have enough applications.
Please note we are not a sponsoring trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will form one member of a full shift, either in ICU, Obstetrics or Senior on call anaesthetist. Daytime work may vary according to the requirements and may include daytime PAs in main Theatre, Day Surgery and Obstetrics or Intensive Care, according to experience.
The Specialty Doctors will be expected to exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility but ultimate responsibility for the patients they treat will rest with the relevant consultant. At least one session per week will be under consultant supervision.
All Specialty Doctors in Critical Care and Anaesthesia have a continuing responsibility for the proper functioning of the Department. As far as is practical, the appointee will be expected to provide emergency cover for colleagues when required.
The successful applicant will be supported to pursue a personal development plan appropriate to them, whether it is studying for exams, training to be a trainer, maintaining skills or developing new ones.
About us
There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are due for completion by 2025 or soon after. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.
There are also plans for a digital transformation, new models of care and a multi-storey car park. As well as this, the trust - which won the UK Best Employer Award (Nursing Times 2019) - is applying for teaching hospital status in recognition of its wide and well-renowned role in educating doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
We encourage and welcome people with disabilities if you need help please ask.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Department of Anaesthesia is part of the Directorate of Surgery, Anaesthesia and Critical Care and provides services throughout the Trust. We are a friendly dynamic department of 32 consultants, 20 speciality grade doctors, and approximately 20 trainees. We have recently relocated to a newly purpose-built anaesthetic department with multiple rooms dedicated for administrative work and teaching. The centre for elective surgery is at St Albans City Hospital where there are 6 operating theatres catering for General Surgery, Breast, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Gynaecology and is a busy Day Surgery unit.
The hospital has one of the longest established Preoperative Assessment Units anywhere and this is key to the efficient running of theatres. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is undertaken in conjunction with the department of respiratory medicine. Watford General Hospital is the acute site for the Trust, and we currently have with 8 operating theatres and a 20-bed combined Critical Care unit. There is a 24-hour emergency operating service with onsite Anaesthetic consultant 8am-9pm Monday to Friday and 8am-6pm Saturday to Sunday.
We provide anaesthesia for Complex orthopaedic surgery, gynae-oncological surgery, Colorectal cancer surgery, urology, upper GI, ENT, Ophthalmology, Maxillofacial and vascular surgery. We also provide anaesthetic services for Cardiology department (Cath lab), Gastro enterology (procedural sedation) and Radiology (CT scan or interventions).
Obstetric Anaesthetic Service - Watford General Hospital All inpatient maternity services for West Herts NHS Trust have been sited at Watford General Hospital since May 2002. The number of deliveries is over 5,500 a year. We have a regional block rate of approaching 40% and a caesarean section rate of 23%. There are two obstetric theatres, a four bedded high dependency unit and in addition to the delivery rooms in the Consultant led obstetric unit, there are 8 delivery rooms in the midwifery birthing centre on the floor below. There is an elective caesarean section list each weekday morning and an anaesthetic clinic on Monday afternoon when all patients for the lists are seen as well as any patients who wish to speak to an anaesthetist antenatally. An ODP is available to help the anaesthetist with all the theatre cases. Midwives assist the anaesthetists to site regional blocks for pain relief in labour and we provide minimum motor block epidurals for labour with PCEAs
Critical Care Service - Watford General Hospital The 20 bedded combined ICU / HDU was opened in March 2009 and is fully equipped to manage up to 18 Level 3 patients. There are 5 side rooms, and the main area is light and spacious with pendant services to each bed space giving plenty of room. The unit provides critical care services to all departments in the trust and has a 7 day a week Outreach service and a consultant led follow up clinic. The hospital has a busy Interventional Cardiology Suite, and the ICU manages patients on Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps with consultant cardiologist support. The unit is an active member of East of England Critical Care Operational Delivery Network The unit has been enrolled in ICNARC since June 1997.There is an active audit and research programme and we have recently finished an RCT as well as 3 portfolio studies. There is weekly formal teaching of trainees and Speciality doctors and the unit is recognised for basic ICM training. Our speciality doctors regularly go on to gain places on training schemes. There are a multidisciplinary Consultant led ward rounds at 08:00 and 17:00 and a joint round with a Consultant microbiologist daily.
The on-call team involves, one trainee for main theatres, two trainees/ Speciality doctors for Intensive Care, one for Obstetric Anaesthesia and one Senior Anaesthetist (Floater). There is a consultant on call for theatres and Obstetrics and an intensive care Consultant for ICU.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Department of Anaesthesia is part of the Directorate of Surgery, Anaesthesia and Critical Care and provides services throughout the Trust. We are a friendly dynamic department of 32 consultants, 20 speciality grade doctors, and approximately 20 trainees. We have recently relocated to a newly purpose-built anaesthetic department with multiple rooms dedicated for administrative work and teaching. The centre for elective surgery is at St Albans City Hospital where there are 6 operating theatres catering for General Surgery, Breast, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Gynaecology and is a busy Day Surgery unit.
The hospital has one of the longest established Preoperative Assessment Units anywhere and this is key to the efficient running of theatres. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is undertaken in conjunction with the department of respiratory medicine. Watford General Hospital is the acute site for the Trust, and we currently have with 8 operating theatres and a 20-bed combined Critical Care unit. There is a 24-hour emergency operating service with onsite Anaesthetic consultant 8am-9pm Monday to Friday and 8am-6pm Saturday to Sunday.
We provide anaesthesia for Complex orthopaedic surgery, gynae-oncological surgery, Colorectal cancer surgery, urology, upper GI, ENT, Ophthalmology, Maxillofacial and vascular surgery. We also provide anaesthetic services for Cardiology department (Cath lab), Gastro enterology (procedural sedation) and Radiology (CT scan or interventions).
Obstetric Anaesthetic Service - Watford General Hospital All inpatient maternity services for West Herts NHS Trust have been sited at Watford General Hospital since May 2002. The number of deliveries is over 5,500 a year. We have a regional block rate of approaching 40% and a caesarean section rate of 23%. There are two obstetric theatres, a four bedded high dependency unit and in addition to the delivery rooms in the Consultant led obstetric unit, there are 8 delivery rooms in the midwifery birthing centre on the floor below. There is an elective caesarean section list each weekday morning and an anaesthetic clinic on Monday afternoon when all patients for the lists are seen as well as any patients who wish to speak to an anaesthetist antenatally. An ODP is available to help the anaesthetist with all the theatre cases. Midwives assist the anaesthetists to site regional blocks for pain relief in labour and we provide minimum motor block epidurals for labour with PCEAs
Critical Care Service - Watford General Hospital The 20 bedded combined ICU / HDU was opened in March 2009 and is fully equipped to manage up to 18 Level 3 patients. There are 5 side rooms, and the main area is light and spacious with pendant services to each bed space giving plenty of room. The unit provides critical care services to all departments in the trust and has a 7 day a week Outreach service and a consultant led follow up clinic. The hospital has a busy Interventional Cardiology Suite, and the ICU manages patients on Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps with consultant cardiologist support. The unit is an active member of East of England Critical Care Operational Delivery Network The unit has been enrolled in ICNARC since June 1997.There is an active audit and research programme and we have recently finished an RCT as well as 3 portfolio studies. There is weekly formal teaching of trainees and Speciality doctors and the unit is recognised for basic ICM training. Our speciality doctors regularly go on to gain places on training schemes. There are a multidisciplinary Consultant led ward rounds at 08:00 and 17:00 and a joint round with a Consultant microbiologist daily.
The on-call team involves, one trainee for main theatres, two trainees/ Speciality doctors for Intensive Care, one for Obstetric Anaesthesia and one Senior Anaesthetist (Floater). There is a consultant on call for theatres and Obstetrics and an intensive care Consultant for ICU.
Person Specification
Applications will be shorltisted against the person specification
Essential
- Scored 0=Does not meet Person Spec / 1=Reserve candidate / 2=Shortlist candidate
Person Specification
Applications will be shorltisted against the person specification
Essential
- Scored 0=Does not meet Person Spec / 1=Reserve candidate / 2=Shortlist candidate
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
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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).
