Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 December 2024

Job summary

This is a really exciting time to join the Trust as we develop our dedicated elective site at Ashford Hospital to achieve our vision of creating a state-of-the-art centre of excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment. It is being developed as part of the wider elective centre plans across Surrey Heartlands.

We are looking for two Locum Consultants in Anaesthesia (fixed term basis of 12 months) to join our talented and enthusiastic team of over 40 consultants and eight specialty doctors, working in a friendly and flexible department.

These posts are aimed at General Anaesthetists with a suitable specialist interest, who may be interested in working up to 9 DCC session, plus 1 SPA session, to support elective cases based at Ashford Hospital. There will be no on-calls associated with this role, unless desired. There is flexibility in the type and number of sessions to be covered, and general anaesthesia will predominantly be related to Ophthalmology and Orthopaedic procedures.

Our vision is to create a centre for planned surgical care, where staff have the opportunity to work in an environment of continuous learning and professional development. This role forms part of the Department of Anaesthesia where we are proud of our effective multidisciplinary team working between medical, nursing, management and support staff.

Our plans are ambitious, why not come and join our team?

Main duties of the job

This role will be based within our Surgical Elective Centre at Ashford Hospital, where the post holder will be required to support with the provision of anaesthesia within the relevant surgical procedures.

The post will form part of the medical team within the elective centre, supporting the development and expansion of this as it progresses.

The main duties of the role will involve:

- Delivering clinical, educational and managerial services of the highest professional standard at consultant level.- Working with existing consultants and the wider multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality well-led services for patients. This includes, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and management of patients where relevant, in accordance with Trust Policies.- Delivering clinical care to patients, assisting clinical decision making and sharing equally in the workload within the team.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

323-MD1330-AM

Job locations

Ashford Hospital

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will be up to 9 DCC sessions plus 1 SPA Session, as per the preference of the successfully appointed candidates. There is no on-call associated with this role, unless the successfully appointed candidates would like to participate in this.

An indicative job plan has been provided in the Job Description, however this will be reviewed and agreed to suit the requirements and sub-speciality interests of the successful candidates. Weekend trauma lists may also be incorporated into an applicants job plan, should this be desired.

Please review the Job Description document, which further expands on this and the main duties of the job, as outlined above.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description document, which further expands on this and the main duties of the job, as outlined above.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oGMC Registration with a License to Practice
oCCT (or equivalent) in Anaesthesia within 6 months of interview

Experience

Essential

oCan provide high quality elective and emergency anaesthesia care for adults and children.
oAbility to provide direct anaesthetic clinical care
oSignificant experience of working within the NHS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oGMC Registration with a License to Practice
oCCT (or equivalent) in Anaesthesia within 6 months of interview

Experience

Essential

oCan provide high quality elective and emergency anaesthesia care for adults and children.
oAbility to provide direct anaesthetic clinical care
oSignificant experience of working within the NHS.

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

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).