Consultant Anaesthetist - Peri Operative Medicine

Job responsibilities

We are a large and friendly department with over 65 Consultants, 11 SASs, up to 35 Trainees and post CCT Fellows. We are very proud to be a MDHU Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit with 4 Military Consultants and a variable number of Military trainees of various grades. We have 4 qualified AAs in a bespoke programme designed for the benefit of, and led by the department. The department also hosts 3.5 WTE Acute Pain Nurses, Peri-Operative team, 20 WTE Pre Operative Assessment Nurses and 4 Administrative and Clerical staff.

As a department we have a reputation for being cohesive, innovative and providing excellent education and support to our trainees, Trust Grades and Consultants. We were delighted to be one of the first Departments in the UK to achieve ACSA accreditation from the RCOA and reaccredited again in 2023. We have also had a successful Getting it Right First Time GIRFT visit and were particularly commended for our Surgery School and our Surgical High Care Unit.

The hospital has 30 operating theatres and 5 remote suites where anaesthetic services are delivered. The department provides anaesthetic services to all sites in the Trust and supports subspecialties including:

Major General: Colorectal, Upper GI (including Oesophagectomies), Bariatrics, Gynaecology, Urology. Including robotic surgery (4 robotic theatres)

Major Head and Neck and ENT (including free flap surgery)

Orthopaedics, including significant amount of regional anaesthesia

Renal transplant and Renal Vascular access surgery

Plastics

Paediatrics

Obstetrics

Pain

Non-theatre: Interventional Radiology, CT/ MRI, Gastro/Endoscopy and Cardiology.

Periop Medicine: Anaesthetic Preassessment clinic, dedicated Bariatric/Upper GI clinic and MDT, CPET, daily Surgical High-Care Ward round and Surgery School www.surgeryschool.co.uk

The department runs numerous courses and particularly prides itself on its reputation within the region for teaching. We run a nationally-recognised difficult airway course PAWS, numerous simulator courses we have a high-fidelity Simulation Suite on site, Regional Anaesthesia courses and exam preparation courses.

Our Intensive Care Unit is a separate 24 bedded department within the same Care Group and 7 of the 14 Consultant Intensivists have anaesthetic sessions.

The Post

The job plan for this post is for 10.25 PAs with 7.5 DCC Direct Clinical Care, typically 3 clinical days per week and initially 2 SPA plus participation in the Consultant on-call rota 0.75 PA. Typical job plan comprise a mixture of fixed and float sessions. The proposed timetable for this job is attached but the exact sessions including sub specialties and working days will be reviewed and altered by agreement with the successful candidate prior to commencement in the post.

On-call

The department operates a 2 tier Consultant led on call rota. This is Category A on call. Each tier has a frequency of 1 in 40 giving a combined frequency of 1 in 20. The second on call consultant works in the emergency theatres during the evenings approx. 17:30 20:30 and is then second on call from home, where they are very infrequently called. At the weekend the second on call consultant works in the emergency theatres between 07:45 - 17:00 and is then on call from home. The first on call consultant is the first port of call from home.

Commencement of duties

These posts are currently vacant and the appointee will be required to take up the post no later than six months from the date of the offer of an appointment, unless a special agreement has been made between the appointee and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

If you consider it unlikely that you will be able to take up the appointment within such a period, you are advised to point this out at the time of your application

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration and License to Practice with the General Medical Council
• Primary Medical Qualification (e.g. MBChB)
• A higher degree e.g. FRCA or equivalent
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthesia via CCT or CESR (or within 6 months of proposed date of award of CCT)

Desirable

• Higher qualification in Anaesthesia e.g. EDRA
• Possession of Additional Degree (MD, BSc), diploma or post-graduate qualification e.g. MRCP
• Completion of relevant Subspecialty Fellowship
• Award of external Prizes or Honours

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of completion or equivalent of 8 relevant Higher Training modules
• Evidence of completion or equivalent of 2 relevant Advanced Training modules
• Completion of all stage-3 essential HALOs or equivalent
• 12 months SIA or equivalent

Desirable

• Evidence of completion of additional relevant Higher Training modules
• Evidence of completion of additional relevant Advanced Training modules
• Fellowship or Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) / Out of Programme Training (OOPT) in relevant specialist area(s)
• Evidence of completion of additional SIA.
• Fellowship or Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) / Out of Programme Training (OOPT) in relevant specialist area(s)

Additional criteria

Essential

• Achievement of Local standards to be a Clinical Supervisor
• Active regular participation in teaching and training
• Active consistent engagement with Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement
• Evidence of change Implementation
• Research, Publications and Presentation

Desirable

• Deanery Accredited Educational Supervisor
• Registered Associate or Member of Academy of Medical Educators
• Extensive/formal experience/leadership in medical education including regional teaching
• Educational qualification
• Current Provider/Instructor of Advanced Life Support (ATLS, APLS, ALS)

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).