Speciality Doctor in Anaesthetics

Job summary

There are two posts and the successful appointees are expected to provide anaesthetic cover for appropriate patients, without direct consultant supervision, for elective and emergency surgery. It is the expectation that the successful candidate's on-call sessions will be delivered on the Anaesthetic/Obstetric resident on-call rota.

Main duties of the job

Daytime sessions will be mainly in Theatres/Maternity with the option of some sessions and on-calls in Critical Care, if service dictates.The appointee will be clinically responsible to the consultants for all aspects of anaesthetic service delivery.

The appointees will be required to cover the labour ward without direct supervision and will be required to transfer patients (including from ITU) to other hospitals. They will work flexibly with their Consultant colleagues and Trainees within the wide remit of the Department's activity. Indicative job plans are attached (Job Plan 1 and Job Plan 2) but a formal job plan will be agreed on appointment.

The appointees will play a significant role in the teaching programmes for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff as well as in clinical governance activities. These are permanent posts.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.