Job responsibilities
OBJECTIVES
OF THE POST
2.1
To work with other consultant
colleagues in the provision of a comprehensive
Anaesthetic
service in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
2.2
To develop and/or consolidate
expertise in Anaesthesia.
2.3
To maintain and expand the
excellence of teaching and research already
established
within the Trust.
2.4
To support service plans for the
specialty, taking account of the changes in
clinical
practice and new technologies available.
2.5
To participate in and progress
Clinical Governance.
THE
LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as
strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff
and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute
Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for
our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire
and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change
to deliver the highest quality care. By
working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a
part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition.
3. REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST
3.1 General Training and Qualifications
The appointee must hold
accreditation in FRCA in the Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent, and
have completed higher specialist training (or equivalent) if currently in a
training programme within the UK.
Applicants should have completed a recognised training programme in
Anaesthesia
Applicants
must be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to
the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the
UK, or have references which have been
authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.
Applicants
must provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevant
Royal College at the time of application, in order for their application to be
progressed further.
3.2 Experience
The
appointee must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and
competence in all aspects of anaesthesia. It is desirable that the candidates
have experience in the conduct of clinical trials.
3.3
Person specification
See person specification
document.
3.4 Clinical Audit
The
appointee will be expected to contribute and, where appropriate, take the lead
in the following:
Mortality and morbidity meetings;
Clinical audit programmes;
Development and application of agreed
clinical guidelines.
This
is to be included in allocated time in the individuals job plan as a
supporting programmed activity. It would
be expected that the time allocated for this would include attendance at the
relevant departmental audit meeting(s) and that such attendance would be
recorded (in accordance with the Trusts clinical audit policy).
In
the discharge of these responsibilities the candidate will be expected to
maintain and update his/her skills and knowledge through appropriate continuing
medical education.
4. TEACHING
The
Trust as a teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the
University of Leeds, School of Medicine for the undergraduate teaching and all
Consultant and medical staff are required to provide an appropriate
contribution to the undergraduate teaching programme.
The post-holder will be required to
participate in the undergraduate teaching programme for the school of Medicine,
University of Leeds, which is organised on a speciality or clinical area basis.
The
post-holder will be required to collaborate with clinical colleagues to deliver
appropriate undergraduate teaching in accordance with the Trust contract with
the NHS Executive in association with the University of Leeds.
The appointee will be
expected, with colleagues to also contribute to the teaching of postgraduates,
including the teaching programme for SpRs in anaesthesia in the Yorkshire
Deanery.
5. JOB PLAN AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
The job plan review will take place
annually, normally with the Clinical Director or Lead Clinician for
Anaesthesia. There may be an interim
review of the job plan where duties, responsibilities, accountability
arrangements or objectives have changed or need to change significantly within
the area.
5.1 Proposed Job Plan
The
post consists of 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 PA
of supporting professional activity (SPA). These 10 PAs will be delivered in
anaesthesia.
This
job plan will fit together with colleagues job-plans with a careful rota of
clinical sessions, to ensure robust cover.
5.2 Accountability
The
post-holder is managerially accountable for the use of resources to the Chief
Executive and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer through
Clinical Directors. This may be amended
in the light of the Trusts management arrangements.
5.3 Standards of Conduct and Behaviour
He/she
will be required to work to the standards set out by the General Medical
Council in Good Medical Practice. This
includes protecting patients when you believe that a doctors or other
colleagues conduct, performance or health is a threat to them.
If,
after establishing the facts, it is necessary, you must follow the Trusts
procedures in this matter and inform your Clinical Director or Medical Director
in the first instance.
Your
general conduct at work should comply with the standards set out in the Trusts
document on Appraisal, in particular the section on Core behaviours.
5.4 Consultant Appraisal
Appraisal
will be a contractual requirement for all consultant staff and the Trust
attaches considerable importance to this approach intended to be of benefit to
individual consultants and to achieve the highest possible standards in the
delivery of healthcare and services.
Arrangements for annual appraisal will be managed through the medical
director for workforce
5.5 Leave Arrangements
All
leave should be applied for in accordance with the Trusts Leave Policy,
normally giving six weeks notice of any leave, other than in exceptional
circumstances.
5.6 Training
During
the course of your employment, you agree to undergo whatever training the Trust
deems necessary. You will undertake all
mandatory training required for the role.
This may include, but is not limited to, induction training,
professional development and safe working practices. Funding of such training will be in
accordance with the Trusts Staff Development Policy.
5.7 Continuing Medical Education
The
Trust fully supports the requirement for CME by the relevant Royal College and
acknowledges that it is an essential component of a consultants professional
activities that will be reviewed during the appraisal process and
revalidation. Time and financial support
for these activities will be granted in accordance with the Trusts Leave
Policy.
5.8 Secretarial Support
As
part of the resource commitments to enable the post-holder to fulfil their job
plan, the appointee will have access to such secretarial assistance as is
required. An office with IT facilities (PC, email etc) will be provided.
5.9 Health & Safety
The Trust has a responsibility to
provide a safe working environment for all staff.
As
an employee/supervisor/manager you are responsible for your own safety and that
of others. This will require you to
comply with the Trust arrangements for Health & Safety and Risk Management,
in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting
incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system. As a supervisor/manager, you will be
responsible for ensuring your team work in a safe manner and are competent to
do so.
5.10 Equality & Diversity
The
jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure
equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the
individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or
visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,
ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
The
Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy ensures that barriers to employment for
disadvantaged groups are identified and removed, and that no person is treated
less favourably on the grounds of their race, ethnic group, religion,
impairment, age, gender, sexual orientation or mental health status. Reasonable
adjustments will be made for disabled applicants and post holders where
required.
5.11 Smoking Policy
The
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust recognises the serious hazards to health
caused by smoking and has adopted a strict no smoking policy. Under the terms of our No Smoking Policy,
staff, visitors and patients will not be permitted to smoke at any time or in
any part of Trust property, whether inside or outside the hospital
buildings.
