Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics

We are looking to appoint two Senior Clinical Fellows (SCF) to the Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care.

The post-holder will work in collaboration with the existing Anaesthetists to provide a high quality, progressive and professional Anaesthetic service in a broad range of surgical specialties. The successful candidate will for the initial 3 months cover the First on-call rota followed with the potential for the subsequent nine months to be spent on the registrar level rota. There will be an opportunity to progress in training by undertaking ST3 modules like Critical care and Obstetrics along with an opportunity for exposure in Colorectal, Bariatrics, Pre assessment and Chronic pain and participate in Second oncalls on Maternity and ICU over the subsequent two years.

The appointee will be able to engage with quality improvement projects, Research projects, Simulation and education based on individuals' interests.

This is an opportunity to join a friendly, cohesive department currently consisting of 30 Consultants, 10 Specialty doctors, 2 SpR (Higher) 9 Clinical fellows, 9 WTE CT1&2, two WTE FY1, together with Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, specialist nursing team, in Acute Pain and Perioperative Medicine.

Previous candidates need not apply. Please note that the job advert will close as soon as we get significant amount of applications.

KEY DUTIES OF THE POST

• Cover Anaesthetics and ICU as per the needs of the service.
• Cover the first oncall rota during the early part of the placement.
• Covering the elective operating theatres, ICU and emergency theatres.
• Cover the Second oncall on ITU and Maternity oncalls.

General Information

The Anaesthetics Department is situated in the Trusts Outpatient Department. It is conveniently located close to surgical daycase and the Family Health and Diagnostics theatre complexes. It comprises of multiple shared rooms for consultant office space and an open plan secretarial space along with an integrated kitchenet in the same footprint. It provides a pleasant working environment with easy access to the Anaesthetic secretaries.

There are hot desking areas close to Theatres and the ICU with a dedicated lecture/seminar room and a kitchen.

To be eligible for these posts you must be eligible to secure GMC registration with Licence to Practice, ideally have completed the Post graduate training in the country of origin at Core Training level.

Applicants should be aware that regardless of Country of Origin, their ability to communicate in written and spoken English to the standard required to carry out the post will be assessed during the selection process.

The Senior Clinical Fellow will work on the General Critical Care Unit for a period of twelve months. There may be the opportunity to extend the post at the end of the term. This will depend upon staffing vacancies and satisfactory progress by the Fellow.

The post holders role can be adapted to suit the individual interests and training needs of the candidate. This may include spending time in operating theatre keeping Anesthetics skills up to speed.

Education

All clinical fellows are allocated a trained Educational Supervisor (ES) who will oversee their progress and serve as a mentor for training and other needs. We would expect the individual to meet with the ES both formally (every 3 months) to record the progress and informally as frequently as is possible.

The clinical fellow will be fully supervised by consultants during the day shift. Overnight, there is supervision by a resident senior trainee /middle grade and an on call ITU consultant.

For more details please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Medical Degree from recognised university
• ALS ahead of starting
• Full GMC registration
• Primary FRCA or MRCP
• Atleast 6 months ICU experience

• Minimum 2 years full time post graduate training or equivalent experience/competencies

• Capacity to operate under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive situations
• Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind. Capacity to bring a range of approaches to problem solving
• Demonstrate effective judgement and decision making skills.
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
• Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team & demonstrate leadership when appropriate. Capacity to establish good working relations with others.
• Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follow instructions. Understands importance and impact of information systems.

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…