Specialist in Anaesthetics

Our Mission Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our Vision to 2030 To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our Values

• Include - We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
• Respect - We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
• Improve - We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our ongoing development of medical services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing medical staff to provide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking Specialists with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.

This is a substantive appointment, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and includes working on weekends. The number of PAs could be modified for a candidate preferring to work more than 10 PAs or less than full time.

This is an excellent opportunity within the Anaesthetics department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, which enjoys a unique geographical location close to London and Cambridge. The Trust also enjoys a reputation for our commitment to the highest standards of care and for our friendly and supportive approach.

Main duties of the job The Specialist in Anaesthetics will provide safe, effective, and autonomous anaesthetic care across a range of surgical specialties. The role includes independent management of patients with complex needs, leadership in resuscitation and peri operative safety, and active participation in teaching, audit, and service development. The post holder is expected to demonstrate professionalism, clinical judgement, and commitment to high standards of patient care in line with GMC Good Medical Practice.

Working for our organisation At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient led Trust where dedicated staff provide high quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached - job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person specification - Qualifications / Training

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practise safely, and aware of own training needs
• FRCA or qualification of an equivalent level

Previous Experience

• Minimum 12 years' medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification, including at least 6 years in Anaesthesia at Specialty Doctor or equivalent level (UK or overseas)
• Demonstrated broad experience in anaesthetic practice, including general, obstetric, regional, and emergency anaesthesia
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert anaesthetic opinion within defined scope of practice
• Evidence of leading or contributing to patient safety or governance improvements
• Demonstrated understanding of audit, evidence based practice, and clinical quality improvement
• Understanding of research principles, methodology, and ethics
• Experience supervising trainees, Anaesthesia Associates, or multidisciplinary colleagues

Skills

• Evidence of engagement with clinical governance and learning from adverse events
• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidationDemonstrates situational awareness and sound clinical decision making
• Ability to teach and assess clinical skills effectively
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership skills

Knowledge

• Sound understanding of audit, evidence based practice, and quality improvement principles
• Comprehensive knowledge of all domains of GMC Good Medical Practice
• Understanding of NHS structures, priorities, and clinical governance processes

Other Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to Anaesthesia and continuous professional development
• Experience and engagement in equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives
• Actively promotes a culture that recognises and values diversity
• Role models Trust values and professional behaviours
• Understands and upholds the values of the NHS Constitution

When you apply Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity to join the Trust or develop your career with us.

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Secondments/Fixed term Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK . click apply for full job details