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Job description

The successful candidate will be joining a team of 8 consultants, and staff grade anaesthetists in the South West Acute Hospital. The Consultant will provide elective & emergency anaesthetic cover in a District General Hospital Environment. This will include anaesthesia for general and specialty surgical services, anaesthesia for obstetrics and critical care support.

Responsibilities

• Consultant Anaesthetic Service for the Trust.
• Participation in provision of Intensive Care services.
• Provision of services for emergencies presenting at the Accident and emergency Departments in South West Acute Hospital.
• Provide care and advice for the Pre-Operative assessment of patients coming to surgery.
• Provide care and advice for management of patients in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.
• Support the pain relief service in the Trust.
• To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work within the specialty and those associated with the Critical Care Services.
• To share responsibility with all consultant colleagues for providing evidence based standards of care for all the patients.
• To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards as set in the Patients’ Charter and local purchaser’s contracts.
• A part in clinical audit, risk management and other activities in the Directorate.
• To take part in continuing medical education activities in line with the Royal College of Anaesthetists guidelines and in consultation with the Medical Director.
• To participate fully in the management of the Department.
• To participate in the Consultant Anaesthetists on-call rota, which includes providing cross-cover for annual, and study leave.
• Maintaining accurate diary sheets for the purpose of annual job plan review.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold or be eligible for Full General Medical Council (London) and Licence to Practise, and be on or be eligible to be on the GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthesia via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview date).
• Or Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) route (or within 6 months of award of CCT by date of interview, evidenced by CESR application submitted to the GMC) Please provide evidence including dates submitted and acceptance of submission from GMC.
• If not provided you may not be shortlisted.
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in clinical anaesthesia practice.
• Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in UK and have access to car on appointment or have access to form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of post and meet on-call commitments.
• This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Desirable Skills

• Eligible to be on the GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthesia.
• Post graduate Anaesthetic Qualification FRCA/FCARCSI.
• Additional postgraduate qualifications in Intensive Care e.g. Intercollegiate Board Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine, EDCCM.
• Higher Degree (MD/PhD) Postgraduate qualification eg MRCP/FRCS.
• Clinical experience in other related acute specialty (e.g. ac medicine/surgery/paediatrics).

Further Information

Location: South West Acute Hospital. Although this is a general post, we do encourage applicants with sub-specialty interests and will endeavour to support these interests as far as possible. In particular we would encourage applicants with active interests in critical care medicine or chronic pain management.