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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
223-MC2188
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust logo

Consultant Anaesthetics with an Interest in Vascular Anaesthesia

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, highly driven Consultant Anaesthetist with a passion for anaesthesia to join our expert and energetic team. This role will have some theatres sessions at the Royal Shrewsbury and some at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. We currently have two vibrant hospital sites each with a varied range of services available.Ìý

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include:

  • All consultants are expected to provide support to the trainees and actively contribute to training and also continuity of service at senior level.
  • ÌýTo have professional attitude to work well in a multi professional team
  • To have excellent team working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi professional team.
  • To have exceptional communication skills, especially in the compassionate dealing of the patient in pain
  • To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners, and particularly in response to the Ockenden report
  • To be flexible and deliver elective and emergency theatre sessions
  • To provide on-call support out of hours.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

We also provide services such as consultant-led outreach clinics at the Wrekin Community Clinic, Telford, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen and the Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch Community Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

· ÌýÌýÌýÌý 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.

·Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS, MbCHB or equivalent medical qualification
  • Royal College Diploma (e.g., FRCA, MRCP, FRCM)
  • ALS or equivalent certification
  • APLS certification
  • Level 3 Safeguarding Children training (within the last 3 years)
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree (e.g. MD or PhD) or evidence of higher education

Entry Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine and /or Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Acute Medicine/Medicine via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
  • Minimum of four years of NHS experience
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Paediatric experience
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels
  • Ability to be compassionate towards patient in pain and in vulnerable situations
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Appreciation of, and ability to work effectively in the MDT
Desirable criteria
  • Higher Obstetric training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverPregnancy Loss Pledge

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Chris De Klerk
Job title
Clinical Lead/Consultant in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Visiting:

Appointments to visit the Trust should be arranged with Julie Pascoe or Elaine Carpendale, Departmental Secretaries, Anaesthetic Department, The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Tel: 01952 261196

ÌýDepartmental contacts:

ÌýDr Chris De Klerk, Clinical Director, The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Tel: 01743 261196

or

Dr Shelly Jurai, Clinical Director, The Princess Royal Hospital

Tel: 01952 641222