Consultant Anaesthetist with an Interest in Intensive Care
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Anaesthesia and Critical Care team at Northampton General Hospital as a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Critical Care. The postholder will join a supportive team of 43 Consultants, including 11 contributing to critical care, and will provide high-quality anaesthetic and intensive care services across a broad range of surgical specialties. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop clinical, educational, leadership and research interests within a modern, consultant-led service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide consultant-led care across the 16-bedded Intensive Care Unit and operating theatres, participating in elective and emergency anaesthesia, critical care ward rounds, referrals and admissions, as well as the consultant on-call rota. The postholder will contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while supporting the development of the service and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. There is flexibility to develop a specialist interest within anaesthesia or critical care, alongside opportunities for leadership, education, research and service development.
About us
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence.
Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs. Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
MBBS or equivalent Full GMC Registration GMC specialist Register in Anaesthesia FRCA or Equivalent CCT in Anaesthesia or within 6 months of the interview
Desirable
Membership of specialist societies Further postgraduate qualifications in or allied to anaesthesia Clinical
Experience · Essential
Anaesthetic management of a wide range of head and neck, obstetric, general, orthopaedic, emergency, trauma, and major surgery with the completion of higher training module set out by the RCOA old curriculum or Level 3 of the current curriculum.
Desirable
Advanced training module or Specialist Interest area module of the new curriculum in relevant area for job plan 1 Obstetric anaesthesia/Higher or advanced module or SIA equivalent for Job plan 2 Interpersonal
Skills · Essential
Commitment to team working Good organisational skills and punctuality Good written, verbal, and aural communication skills Caring attitude towards colleagues
Desirable
Appropriate leadership development courses and structured activities Management
Essential
Willingness to work as a member of the wider trust Awareness of current service development opportunities and challenges Willingness to share administrative responsibilities
Desirable
Desire to further develop in the appointed post and contribute to the service development Audit & Research
Essential
Experience of audit and quality improvement project Willingness to actively in the departments audit and quality improvement
Desirable
Presentation at recognised national and or international meetings. Published or ongoing relevant research Teaching
Essential
Experience of and commitment to postgraduate teaching Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching Understanding of current education processes and requirements for training in Anaesthesia and ITU Evidence of attendance at anaesthesia meetings
Desirable
Medical education qualification Evidence of training in teaching Evidence of achieving GMC standards Educational Supervisor role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
