Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics

Main area Anaesthetics Grade Specialty Doctor MC75 Contract Permanent: + on-call rota participation Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (+ On-call rota participation) Job ref 302-26-MHR-S

Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan (also with sessions on the Wrightington and/or Leigh sites) Town Wigan Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

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The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery of the Anaesthetics service within the directorate and participate in the out of hours rota, maintaining a high standard of care. The successful candidate may be required to work across all 3 sites. The post holder will be expected to play a full part in complying with all aspects of clinical governance.

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties will include those duties normally expected of a specialty doctor in a similar sized Trust. The appointees will have completed a minimum of 5 years Specialty training in Anaesthetics or equivalent with relevant experience and competencies. Full GMC registration is essential and evidence of further experience and training in Obstetric Anaesthesia is desirable.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary) provides in-patient acute beds for Medicine, Paediatrics, ENT, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Trauma, Pelvic Trauma, Breast Surgery and Urology. In addition, the Obstetric Unit is based here and there is an Accident and Emergency Department which also functions as a Trauma Unit.

Wrightington Hospital is where most of the elective Orthopaedic Surgery is performed, as well as accommodating the Rheumatology service. This is an Tertiary referral Orthopaedic centre of Excellence, attracting Anaesthetic trainees with an interest in Regional Anaesthesia.

Leigh Infirmary functions as a Day Case Unit and a Diagnostic and Treatment Centre - The Hanover.

The Trust serves a population of 320,000 on the western edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation. The Borough is bordered by the M6, M61 and M62 motorways as well as the main west coast rail line, providing excellent access to the Pennines, Lake District, and North West coastline

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery of the Anaesthetic service within the directorate, maintaining a high standard of care. The successful candidate may be required to work across all 3 sites. The post holder will be expected to play a full part in complying with all aspects of clinical governance.

The clinical duties will include those duties normally expected of a specialty doctor in a similar sized Trust and provide on call cover of 1:8 full time equivalent as part of a mixed rota covering theatres, maternity, intensive care, and Wrightington Hospital site which will include support for acute pain issues on the ward and looking after Enhanced Care Unit and could involve ventilated patient transfers to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary ICU from Wrightington Hospital when required. We commonly undertake surgically complex upper and lower limb joint replacements and receive a good number of peri prosthetic fracture patients for surgery. We also operate an Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) to look after medically and surgically complex patients pre and post operatively.

Person specification Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC with a Licence to practice
• Final FRCA or equivalent

Skills

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and their relatives, and with colleagues in all disciplines
• Aptitude for practical skills neces-sary for anaesthesia
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement
• FRCA level or actively ap-proaching this
• Evidence of relevant CME/CEPD from previous two years (eg from training pro-grammes or appraisal)
• Evidence of interest and expe-rience in teaching trainees in anaesthesia and other special-ties, nurses and professions al-lied to medicine

Knowledge

• At least five years postgraduate experience in specialty training in Anaesthetics or equivalent
• Including 2 years General An-aesthetic Specialty Training via a formal training programme or equivalent
• General medical experience equivalent to UK Foundation Training
• Experience of Anaesthetics in the UK
• An understanding of evidence-based medicine
• Other relevant certified cours-es eg. ALS, ATLS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require participation in an on-call rota, particularly those that are operational in nature.

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