Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics (post also applicable to CT3)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals are looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in our busy friendly department of Anaesthesia at East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. This post will offer CT3 equivalent training.

East Lancashire Hospitals is a large hospital with 26 theatres across 2 main sites in Blackburn & Burnley. Secondary care anaesthetic services are provided for all major surgical specialties except Neurosurgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tertiary services include Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Urology, Head and Neck and Vascular Surgery.

We have a busy Obstetric Unit with approximately 6500 deliveries per year. We also have a busy 32 bed critical care unit that cares for 1600 patients per year. We take medical and surgical emergency patients and postoperative elective patients requiring a higher level of care.

Whilst a non-training grade you will be considered as a trainee with appropriate teaching and educational supervision. This is a 12 month post in the first instanace with the option to extend depending on the needs of the department.

Main duties of the job

Anaesthesia support a wide variety of surgical specialties ranging from day case surgery at our Elective Centre to major cancer surgery. Our theatres are across both sites of Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital.

We have on-call rotas for Obstetrics, ITU (2 tier) and general emergencies. The obstetric on call has second on call resident senior middle grade anaesthetists and a non-resident Consultant, ITU has 2 trainees and an Intensive Care Consultant (2 at weekends) and the general rota is covered by a Consultant with separate Consultant cover for the emergency theatre and trauma at weekends. Initially you will be part of the obstetric on call rota but there will be opportunity for experience and development in Critical Care.

This post will enable successful applicants to top up stage 1 training of the new anaesthesia curriculum. This includes a 3 month block of intensive care training and Obstetric on call.

Fellows will also have an educational supervisor and be able to attend departmental teaching sessions, audit. Fellows will also be provided with help preparing for the primary FRCA if required.

About us

Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned to them. The successful applicant will join a flexible, supportive team who work well together. We have a high commitment to teaching and training, receive excellent feedback from our trainees and have high exam pass rates.

We also have good office facilities, open plan offices where there is always someone around to discuss problem cases, and a fantastic and supportive secretarial team.

Date posted

18 May 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£51,017 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-MQ52-23

Job locations

East Lancashire Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants will be GMC registered and holding license to practice.

Experience and competencies in Anaesthesia are required. Applicants must also possess the following skills:

Flexibility in working hours to meet the requirements of the post
Ability to work in a team
Good communication skills

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information.

This post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical Staff (2016).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants will be GMC registered and holding license to practice.

Experience and competencies in Anaesthesia are required. Applicants must also possess the following skills:

Flexibility in working hours to meet the requirements of the post
Ability to work in a team
Good communication skills

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information.

This post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical Staff (2016).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC registered and holding a Licence to Practise
ALS or equivalent

Desirable

FRCA primary exam
APLS/ATLS

Experience

Essential

Experience and competencies in Anaesthesia

Desirable

Experience and competencies in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Previous experience within the NHS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC registered and holding a Licence to Practise
ALS or equivalent

Desirable

FRCA primary exam
APLS/ATLS

Experience

Essential

Experience and competencies in Anaesthesia

Desirable

Experience and competencies in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Previous experience 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

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