Locum Paediatric Consultant Anaesthetist

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Locum Paediatric Consultant Anaesthetist

Main area Anaesthesia Grade Locum Consultant Contract Locum: 12 months (Fixed Term - 12 months) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA's per week) Job ref 438

Site QMC Town Nottingham Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/09/:00

Job overview

We are seeking appoint a highly motivated Locum Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist to join the friendly, supportive and dynamic team that forms the Anaesthetic Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to work autonomously in their field of expertise to fulfil the clinical and non-clinical duties within the agreed Job Plan. The appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients under his/her care and be responsible with Consultant colleagues for the provision of both comprehensive elective and emergency anaesthetic services. The appointee will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post according to the agreed Job Plan and give these priority at all times.

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

Working for our organisation

The paediatric anaesthetic department supports a significant acute and elective paediatric surgical workload. Nottingham Children's Hospital provides specialist and regional services which include neonatal surgery, paediatric oncology, including radiotherapy, trauma orthopaedics, major trauma, neurosurgery, spinal surgery, cleft lip and palate services, ENT, maxillofacial surgery and ophthalmology. Day case procedures are delivered in a dedicated suite, with 2 theatres.

This post will be in addition to the existing paediatric anaesthetic consultants. The appointments will offer an exciting opportunity to work with an enthusiastic team, to continue to develop the existing service, in particular augmenting delivery of emergency care and pre-operative assessment for elective surgery.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.

Person specification Registration

• GMC registration and on specialist register & FRCA or equivalent

Qualifications

• FRCA or equivalent
• Higher professional degree Advanced Life Support Provider Postgraduate

Clinical Skills/Experience

• Training and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan, including on call work. Technical skills/competencies required for all aspects of the job plan. Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees. Specific training and experience in anaesthesia for subspecialty work according to job plan and for emergency surgery. Evidence that relevant clinical skills/knowledge have been maintained.
• Specific training in communication skills Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors Anaesthesia fellowship in anaesthesia for upper abdominal or thoracics surgery

Teaching, audit and research

• Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit. Able to teach and support junior staff effectively. Commitment to training.
• Original Research Publications Higher teaching degree or qualification or training Evidence of organising and delivering teaching at under-graduate and post-graduate level Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role Diploma in Medical Education

Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

• Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
• Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
• At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
• ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

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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.

Name Dr Tom Blanks Job title Paediatric Lead Consultant Anaesthetist Email address Telephone number Additional information
ext 81195
or
Dr Suzanne Wake ext 81195