Consultant in Anaesthesia

at  The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

It will attract 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) comprising Direct Clinical Care (DCC), 1.5 for Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) and 0.25 for Educational Supervisor responsibilities. An indicative timetable is provided below.
The Direct Clinical Care commitments are timetabled to a regular working pattern (fixed days) but on these days there will be a mixture of set and flexible sessions. These will be dependent on the postholder’s areas of interest with sessions currently available covering trauma, interventional radiology and elective LSCSs.
Consultants within the department are expected to work with Anaesthesia Associates, supervising them in a 2:1 capacity, or 1:1 on high turnover lists
The post holder will provide consultant delivered anaesthetic services for all specialties (for which they have appropriate training), which will be allocated according to service need. The rota is published on a weekly basis and distributed to all relevant staff.
The post holder, in addition to clinical duties, will be expected to:
Participate in continuing professional development and attain the required standards of CPD recommended by the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Undertake teaching and training
Participate in the strengthened appraisal and job planning processes
Be involved in and aware of the clinical governance issues of the Trust
Participate in clinical audit
The post holder will take part in the General Oncall rota (currently 1:16 frequency) with an oncall supplement of 3%.t
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do to offer a high quality patient experience in a caring and supportive environment. This aligns with our vision of providing safe, caring and effective services because people matter.
This is an opportunity to join an NHS organisation that inspires its staff to innovate, with support and encouragement to continually develop. We expect all of our staff to demonstrate the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility.
We believe healthcare is better when provided by supported and dedicated staff, so if you are innovative, forward thinking and dedicated to high quality patient care come and join our amazing team.
At the Dudley Group everyone is welcome, please ensure you have read our Recruitment Equality Statement included in the advert.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
This post has been approved by The Royal College of Anaesthetics on 08/11/202

Please refer the Job description for details