Consultant Anaesthetics with an Interest in Vascular Anaesthesia

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, highly driven Consultant Anaesthetist with a passion for anaesthesia to join our expert and energetic team. This role will have some theatres sessions at the Royal Shrewsbury and some at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. We currently have two vibrant hospital sites each with a varied range of services available.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include:

• All consultants are expected to provide support to the trainees and actively contribute to training and also continuity of service at senior level.
• To have professional attitude to work well in a multi professional team
• To have excellent team working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi professional team.
• To have exceptional communication skills, especially in the compassionate dealing of the patient in pain
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners, and particularly in response to the Ockenden report
• To be flexible and deliver elective and emergency theatre sessions
• To provide on-call support out of hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

• 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.