Consultants - Anaesthetics - Oxford

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for 3x Consultants to work with us at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Anaesthetics.

As an anaesthetist, you'll assess patients' health and discuss which type of anaesthetic is suitable for them (general, local or regional), administer appropriate anaesthetics before surgery, monitor their wellbeing during surgery and provide care after medical procedures. You'll also deal with emergencies in theatre.

Details about the role:

Speciality: Anaesthetics

Location: Oxford

Shift patterns: 8:00-17:00, Monday - Friday (part time hours will be accepted)

Hours per week: 20-50 hours available

Start date: ASAP- no end date, this is on-going the client will accept short term contracts

Rates: £100-£120+ depending on experience

Consultant duties:

To be able to work independently at Consultant level, and perform as a member of a team.

Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Excellent leadership skills.

Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.

Organisation and management skills Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.

Patients can range from babies to the elderly and may include pregnant women (during childbirth), those undergoing operations and those with chronic pain. Some duties will include:

assess whether a patient is fit enough to undertake an operation before surgery takes place

agree on an anaesthetic plan

reassure patients about what will happen during and after the operation

initiate anaesthesia, providing safe pre-operative care and pain relief to patients using anaesthetics and analgesics

monitor patients while they're under anaesthesia to make sure they remain in a stable condition, checking their blood pressure, heart activity, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, breathing and body temperature, for example

resuscitate and stabilise patients during emergencies

reverse anaesthesia and relieve and manage post-operative pain to support patients' recovery

About the Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trusts vision is to provide The very best care for every patient, every day and their values are commitment, care and quality. The Trust is made up of three hospitals: Watford General Hospital, St Albans City Hospital and Hemel Hempstead Hospital.

Serving around half a million people in Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, together the sites deliver a range of acute services including emergency, inpatient, outpatient and maternity. The Trust is proud to have firm control of hospital acquired infections, one of the safest maternity services in the country, and strong partnerships with local authorities.

This is a great opportunity to join our National Bank, which enables you to work in multiple Stroke departments across the country full/part time and be paid great rates of pay.

Doctors Direct recruit to the highest of NHS standards and all candidates applying for this role must have the following:

Valid GMC

Right to work in the UK

Clinical attachment complete

Minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

Why Choose Doctors Direct?

Doctors Direct are part of NHS Professionals and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means that we are part of the NHS family and sets us apart from locum agencies. Saving money and providing only the highest quality locum cover to our partner Trusts is at the very heart of what we do.

Doctors Direct are part of the NHS and do not charge our partner Trusts the expensive fees associated with private locum agencies. That means every shift worked by one of our members helps save money for the Trust and the wider NHS. These vital saving can then be reinvested into what matters most, patient care and safety.

Not only do members of Doctors Direct help save money for the NHS, they receive fantastic benefits including;

First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency

Wellbeing incentives take advantage of the wellbeing hub

Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime

Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

Training and development opportunities

Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

Stakeholder pension scheme available

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Doctors Direct recruit to the highest of NHS standards and all candidates applying for this role must have the following:
• Valid GMC
• Right to work in the UK
• Clinical attachment complete
• Minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Suites 1A & 1B, Breakspear Park

Breakspear Way

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

HP2 4TZ

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)