Consultant in General Anaesthetics and Intensive Care

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Substantive Consultants in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care to join our team.

Posts are avaible for both General Anaesthesia, and ICM with Anaesthesia.

The successful candidate will become part of a friendly, dynamic group of Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Consultants. We are committed to the ongoing development of our department and team, as well as advancing the wider organisational goals and culture.

The example job plan is based around sessions in Anaesthesia and participation in the out of hours service.

This is an exciting time to be joining the trust, as plans to reconfigure are under way.

Job description

This is a Full-Time post providing 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), including SPA 1.5 PA, but applicants wishing to work part-time are also encouraged to apply and job plans will be adjusted accordingly, and by negotiation with appointees.

Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice.

For further information, or to arrange a visit, please contact:

Clinical Director for Operating Services, Dr Raju Puttaswamy, at 01484 342574, or email Raju.puttaswamy@cht.nhs.uk

Clinical Director for Critical Care, Outreach, CVAD and Chronic Pain, Dr Marcus Beadle, at01484 342574, or email Marcus.beadle@cht.nhs.uk

General Manager for Operating Services and Critical Care, Mrs Ruth Lush, 01484 342000, or emailRuth.Lush2@cht.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• FRCA/FFICM (or equivalent)
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree
• Specialist registration for Anaesthetics/Intensive Care is preferred (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.

Experience and Achievements

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Anaesthetics/Intensive Care specialty

Desirable

• Also, should have significant minor Anaesthetics/Intensive Care procedures experience and any other post graduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

Essential

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.

Desirable

• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course

Audit and Research

Essential

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects

Desirable

• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment

Essential

• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

Desirable

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation
• Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email and internet browser

General

Essential

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

About the employer

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.