Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This is a full time appointment. This post contributes to a fully flexible, annualised group job plan.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide anaesthesia for congenital cardiothoracic surgery (including transplantation and mechanical support). In addition, the congenital cardiac anaesthesia group provide services for cardiac cath labs, radiotherapy, ENT and bronchoscopy. There is also responsibility to provide anaesthesia for non-cardiac surgery in patients with congenital cardiac disease. The anaesthesia on call commitment is approximately 1:5 whole-time equivalents with prospective cover.
Within the congenital cardiothoracic work in this post there is a significant commitment to anaesthesia for adults with congenital heart disease and we work closely with our colleagues in the adult cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care departments.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This is a full time post to provide cover for Congenital Cardiac Anaesthesia. The workload is to a fully flexible annualised job plan.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:DrAlan McCheyne on 0191 2448415, or via email at alan.mccheyne@nhs.net or Dr Simon Hill on 0191 2448739, or via email at simonmatthewhill@nhs.net
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
This is a full time post which attracts 10 PAs.
You would be working flexibly with your colleagues to cover the requirements of the service. There are currently 5.5 whole time equivalent anaesthetists.
The successful candidate will provide anaesthesia for the full range of congenital cardiothoracic surgery (including mechanical support and transplantation) and perioperative investigation and cath lab intervention.
The anaesthesia group also has commitment to provide anaesthesia for some paediatric ENT, paediatric bronchoscopy and paediatric radiotherapy.
You will be expected to have a flexible working week to allow service provision to be maintained.
Contributing to the clinical governance meeting and audit.
Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
Administrative:
You will be expected to undertake an appropriate share of administrative duties in conjunction with your colleagues.
There will be adequate provision of secretarial support, office accommodation and computing facilities.
To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
Research:
The candidate will help facilitate and support research projects going on within the department.
The candidate will be supported in developing their own research profiles either as part of ongoing studies or development of new projects.
Teaching:
You will be expected to participate in the teaching programme for the 2 congenital cardiac fellows and anaesthetic assistants in theatre.
You will also be expected to participate in the teaching programme for the paediatric intensive care junior medical staff and nurses.
Participate in the teaching of undergraduates and the post graduate cardiology trainees.
Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
This is a full time post which attracts 10 PAs.
You would be working flexibly with your colleagues to cover the requirements of the service. There are currently 5.5 whole time equivalent anaesthetists.
The successful candidate will provide anaesthesia for the full range of congenital cardiothoracic surgery (including mechanical support and transplantation) and perioperative investigation and cath lab intervention.
The anaesthesia group also has commitment to provide anaesthesia for some paediatric ENT, paediatric bronchoscopy and paediatric radiotherapy.
You will be expected to have a flexible working week to allow service provision to be maintained.
Contributing to the clinical governance meeting and audit.
Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
Administrative:
You will be expected to undertake an appropriate share of administrative duties in conjunction with your colleagues.
There will be adequate provision of secretarial support, office accommodation and computing facilities.
To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
Research:
The candidate will help facilitate and support research projects going on within the department.
The candidate will be supported in developing their own research profiles either as part of ongoing studies or development of new projects.
Teaching:
You will be expected to participate in the teaching programme for the 2 congenital cardiac fellows and anaesthetic assistants in theatre.
You will also be expected to participate in the teaching programme for the paediatric intensive care junior medical staff and nurses.
Participate in the teaching of undergraduates and the post graduate cardiology trainees.
Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- UK CCT or equivalent in Anaesthetics
- Evidence of appropriate training in Congenital Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia.
Desirable
- Higher Degree
- Special skills training in the specialty
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last five years
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- UK CCT or equivalent in Anaesthetics
- Evidence of appropriate training in Congenital Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia.
Desirable
- Higher Degree
- Special skills training in the specialty
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last five years
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
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).
