Consultant in Anaesthesia with Interest in Neurosurgical Anesthesia

Type: Trainee
Location: Romford, RM7 0AG

Description:

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust seeks to appoint a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Neurosurgical Anaesthesia. This is a whole-time position, and the new appointee will share the caseload, facilities, and trainee
grade support with the existing consultants. While the main intention of this position is to meet the requirements of Neurosurgical theatre’s
there is the potential for the successful candidate to utilise the flexible theatre element of the rota to undertake Neuro IR theatre lists which does include a thrombectomy service all of which can be explored further at interview.

The post is whole time post of 10pa’s and offers 8.5 programmed activities (PAs), and 1.5 SPA.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide pre-operative assessment, anaesthesia, andfollow-up. He/she will be expected to introduce and apply new techniques asappropriateand totake a share of the general work of the department, including cover for consultant colleagueswherepractical.

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals. The appointee will take his/her share ofclinical responsibilities within the Department of anaesthesia. This will include provision for perioperativeassessment. In addition to duties within sub-speciality, the appointee willbe requiredtoprovide anaesthesia for adult patients in all specialties asappropriate tohis/her training andexperience.

Develop a team with a strong emphasis on delivering a cross-site service.

Post-holders willbe requiredto work on each site.

Comply withyour agreed job plan, which is reviewed annually.

As a Consultant at BHRUT the post involves prospective on-call duties which attracts 1.25PAs with a5% uplift due to frequency of 1:10 with planned weekends which will include provision for adults aswell as neonatal to teenage patients. Theon-callis run in tandem with a second consultant due tothe 2 hospital sites and the on-call rotastipulateswhich site you cover on each date across the year.

We’rean organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24;we’reno longer inspecial measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver carewe’reproud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs weserveand the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes andwe’reproud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Weoperatefrom two main sites – King George Hospital (KGH) inGoodmayesand Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London arebenefittingfrom two newstate of the arttheatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’relooking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams.It’llmake things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Deputise in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave and (wherepracticable)short-term sickness.

Contribute (in co-operation with the Audit Committee) on a regular basis to the clinical audit processundertaken within the Trust, and whereappropriate ata broader regional level.

Encourage andparticipateinappropriate researchinitiatives approved by the local EthicalCommittee. Experience in research and audit isadvantageous.

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current anaesthetic procedures.

Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Attend departmental meetings.

Support the Divisional Director, Specialty Leads and other professional colleagues in themanagement of the department to ensure the maintenance ofhigh standards,a good qualityofpatient care and the development of the service within the Clinical Governance framework.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440

This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024


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