Job summary
Working Full time : 10 sessions per week
This is a full-time (10 PA) appointment. The candidate will integrate into the team of existing consultants to provide a complete anaesthesia and intensive care service. This post has arisen from a vacancy in the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain and will add resilience to ICU consultant staffing.
The job plan will include sessions in intensive care, elective anaesthesia and on call cover for ICU. The appointed consultant will support the provision of elective and emergency anaesthesia, including engagement in pre-operative assessment and MDT meetings. The successful candidate will have an interest in intensive care medicine with anaesthesia to support and further develop the service.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be responsible for providing Intensive Care cover along with the other Intensivists. Currently all the Intensivists are also anaesthetists who provide elective and emergency anaesthesia care when not on their Intensive Care hot weeks or on the ICU. The on call commitment will be 1:11 (including this post) to cover the Intensive Care on call rota. The successful candidate will work a 10 PA contract with 1.5 SPA included to meet the needs for appraisal and revalidation. By mutual agreement additional SPA sessions may be granted for specific career development or departmental roles. Each theatre session will be 1.25 PA which includes pre- and post-operative visiting with 1.5 PA allocated for on-call duties.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with licence to practise
- CCT (or equivalent) with entry on Specialist Register for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care or within six months of anticipated CCT on the date of interview
- FRCA or equivalent Diploma
- FFICM or equivalent Diploma
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in anaesthesia / ICM
- Minimum of 1 year worked within NHS
Clinical Experience and Effectiveness
Essential
- Smooth progression through training consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence of APLS & ALS competencies.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC with licence to practise
- CCT (or equivalent) with entry on Specialist Register for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care or within six months of anticipated CCT on the date of interview
- FRCA or equivalent Diploma
- FFICM or equivalent Diploma
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in anaesthesia / ICM
- Minimum of 1 year worked within NHS
Clinical Experience and Effectiveness
Essential
- Smooth progression through training consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence of APLS & ALS competencies.
Desirable
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
