Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Job responsibilities

The post itself, will give the opportunity to rotate through the following sub-specialties Cardiothoracic, Neuro-anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, and General Anaesthesia for 3-month allocations. It would be expected that a Senior Clinical Fellow will be working with a degree of independence with senior consultant support and distant supervision available at all times. We would strongly support any audit and/or research interest, of which there is plenty to get involved with in the department. The post holder will be expected to take part in the on-call rota which is currently a 1 in 8. It is important to note that dependant upon previous experience; there may be a period of supernumerary work / local assessment prior to commencement on the on-call rota. In this period, basic pay will be applicable.

The post holder will work closely with colleague to provide safe and holistic patient care. There will be the opportunity to do Paediatric Anaesthesia and Adult intensive care at hospitals not within our trust but whom we have a reciprocal arrangement with. (Sheffield Childrens Hospital and a busy local district general hospital)

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise. (Includes demonstration of English language competence to GMC defined IELTS/ OET standard).
• Basic Medical Degree
• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• Completion of IAC (Initial Assessment of Competency) in Anaesthesia RCOA approved

Desirable

• Higher degree, e.g.MD/PhD

Personal Attributes

Desirable

• Basic computer skills including Microsoft word and Outlook

Clinical experience

Essential

• Completion of at least 2 years anaesthesia with documented NHS experience in both anaesthesia and intensive care
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise clinical need and the ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
• Demonstrate the ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
• Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient. Completion of ALS/ATLS or equivalent.
• Successful completion of foundation years training or equivalent.

Desirable

• Further NHS experience particularly in Anaesthesia and ITU
• Competence in advanced interventions: percutaneous tracheostomy, bronchoscopy, complex ventilation, advanced haemodynamic monitoring

Teaching and training

Essential

• Experience of teaching medical students and junior doctors

Desirable

• To have the ability and willingness to teach at all levels and to all groups of staff.
• Attendance at a recognised teaching course

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months

Desirable

• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Qualities / Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to keep good medical records and communicate with other hospital departments and primary care
• Ability to understand and communicate with patients and colleagues
• Willingness to participate in departmental education programme

Desirable

• Ability to undertake research projects and audit
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Presentation of personal work at professional society meetings

Personal Attributes

Essential

• The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2014).
• If the Primary Medical Qualification including clinical contact was not carried out using English, applicants must either: o Have an academic IELTS score of at least 7.0 in each domain and an overall score of 7.5 within the same test to meet the GMC's requirements or o Complete the medical Occupational English Test (OET) and achieve grade B in each of the four domains tested to meet the GMC's requirements
• Ability and willingness to work within the trust and NHS performance framework and targets
• Competence in pre-operative and post- operative management of general surgical patients (surgery specific)
• Demonstrate good organisational skills and show the ability to organise own learning and time.

Management and Administration

Desirable

• Awareness of current issues in NHS

Other requirements

Desirable

• Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of the anaesthesia service
• Ability to organise and arrange elective and emergency theatre lists.

Clinical Experience

Desirable

• Involvement in Clinical governance and audit. Attendance at a recognised management course

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

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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).