Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Consultant Anaesthetist to join our team. This role will service elective and emergency lists at the QEH site in the Main Theatres, the Day Surgery Unit and the Sandringham Unit.
In this role you will collaborate with Consultant Anaesthetists to ensure comprehensive and coordinated high quality anaesthetic services that meet the requirements of the Trust's objectives.
Time is allocated for supporting professional activities and these will be scheduled by mutual agreement with the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
All Consultants are expected to take advantage of study leave to maintain and develop their clinical skills to comply with CME requirements. Consultants have a leave quota of 30 days every 3 years for the purpose of study and professional leave.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
- 9 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work
- 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.
The on-call activity accounts for an additional 1.7 PA, covering both obstetric and general emergencies.
We also encourage consultants to apply for fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, to which we are an affiliated member.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide a consultant-level anaesthetic service for elective and emergency services
- To provide high quality patient care, minimising risks and maintaining patient safety in accordance with the GMCs Good Medical Practice
- To help in the delivery of effective services within the agreed budget
- To co-operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of the Anaesthetic Department
- To accept to work flexibly within a nominally fixed timetable
Organisational / Managerial
- To supervise junior staff as appropriate
- To provide leadership and health-management skills
- To maintain the Directorate principles of effective multi-disciplinary team working
- To ensure personal knowledge of, and compliance with, Trust and departmental protocol
Teaching
- To help provide training, supervision and career development to junior doctors of all grades in the Anaesthetic Department
- To contribute to the education of medical and nursing students, paramedics and trainees in other specialities as required. We have recently increased our teaching commitments to the medical schools of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide a consultant-level anaesthetic service for elective and emergency services
- To provide high quality patient care, minimising risks and maintaining patient safety in accordance with the GMCs Good Medical Practice
- To help in the delivery of effective services within the agreed budget
- To co-operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of the Anaesthetic Department
- To accept to work flexibly within a nominally fixed timetable
Organisational / Managerial
- To supervise junior staff as appropriate
- To provide leadership and health-management skills
- To maintain the Directorate principles of effective multi-disciplinary team working
- To ensure personal knowledge of, and compliance with, Trust and departmental protocol
Teaching
- To help provide training, supervision and career development to junior doctors of all grades in the Anaesthetic Department
- To contribute to the education of medical and nursing students, paramedics and trainees in other specialities as required. We have recently increased our teaching commitments to the medical schools of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCA or equivalent medical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Anaesthetics.
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register for anaesthesia (CCT) or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of specialist training at the time of interview. If not eligible for entry on to the Specialist Register, must be able to provide strong evidence of meeting CESR eligibility criteria.
- At least seven years of providing obstetric anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing emergency / on call anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing major trauma anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing resuscitation care
- At least two years of providing critical care medicine
Experience
Essential
- Formal training and experience in management relevant to anaesthesia in the NHS or equivalent training or experience elsewhere, for example Head of Department, Governance Lead or similar lead role.
- Evidence of managements skills. e.g. rota management, budget management, leading theatre operating theatre management, leading on educational or research related activities.
- Experience of teaching trainees to a standard required by the RCoA (with evidence of suitable teaching / supervision qualification)
- Ability to supervise and initiate quality improvement projects by trainees and to develop trainee presentations at national and international level.
- Ability to deliver teaching for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Evidence of effecting clinical governance. Applicants must provide evidence of various audits in which you played lead role, together with contributions to service improvement and risk management projects.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCA or equivalent medical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Anaesthetics.
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register for anaesthesia (CCT) or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of specialist training at the time of interview. If not eligible for entry on to the Specialist Register, must be able to provide strong evidence of meeting CESR eligibility criteria.
- At least seven years of providing obstetric anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing emergency / on call anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing major trauma anaesthesia
- At least seven years of providing resuscitation care
- At least two years of providing critical care medicine
Experience
Essential
- Formal training and experience in management relevant to anaesthesia in the NHS or equivalent training or experience elsewhere, for example Head of Department, Governance Lead or similar lead role.
- Evidence of managements skills. e.g. rota management, budget management, leading theatre operating theatre management, leading on educational or research related activities.
- Experience of teaching trainees to a standard required by the RCoA (with evidence of suitable teaching / supervision qualification)
- Ability to supervise and initiate quality improvement projects by trainees and to develop trainee presentations at national and international level.
- Ability to deliver teaching for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Evidence of effecting clinical governance. Applicants must provide evidence of various audits in which you played lead role, together with contributions to service improvement and risk management projects.
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
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).
