General Consultant Anaesthetist
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Job summary
General Consultant Anaesthetist -- Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Applications are invited for a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in General Anaesthesia Duties based at the Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope sites. A sub-speciality interest in Trauma/orthopaedics, vascular, thoracic, obstetric or colorectal anaesthesia is essential.
Post COVID we have designated Solihull Hospital as an elective surgical centre for major Colo-Rectal, Urology, ENT, Upper GI surgery supported by an Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit (EPOC). Heartlands provides anaesthetic services to the city wide vascular surgery service and a busy inpatient trauma service (mainly neck of femur fractures) and emergency surgery service. Heartlands Treatment Centre is due to open in October 2022.
The post offers a range of sessions which can be tailored to the individual's interests. On call commitments will be on the General on - call rota at Heartlands Hospital (1:15) ,on the Good Hope site (1:12) or on the dedicated obstetric anaesthetic rota in Heartlands (1:12).
For informal enquiries/further information please contact; Dr Martina Bieker, Clinical Service Lead Anaesthetics via email Martina.Bieker@uhb.nhs.uk or Dr Saravan Gnanaseakaran, Deputy CSL for Anaesthesia saravanababu.gnanaseakaran@uhb.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
Details of the post
The core component of this post is to provide anaesthetic cover for a variety of surgical services.
The post holder must understand the significant ongoing changes in the Trust's services and be prepared to take an active part in the change programme.
There are a total of 10 PAs within the job which could be filled by a variety of options, from currently uncovered lists and flexible cover for consultant leave. Please see Section 8 of this job description for further details on conditions of service, including job planned PAs. The successful candidate will be invited to discuss these options with the Clinical Service Lead and Medical Director on appointment.
Any changes to the job plan must be first discussed and agreed with the Divisional management.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
- Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
- Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Details
Date posted
11 July 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£84,559 to £114,003 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
304-TB-45375
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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