Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Anaesthesia and Critical Care team at Northampton General Hospital as a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Critical Care. The postholder will join a supportive team of 43 Consultants, including 11 contributing to critical care, and will provide high-quality anaesthetic and intensive care services across a broad range of surgical specialties. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop clinical, educational, leadership and research interests within a modern, consultant-led service.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide consultant-led care across the 16-bedded Intensive Care Unit and operating theatres, participating in elective and emergency anaesthesia, critical care ward rounds, referrals and admissions, as well as the consultant on-call rota. The postholder will contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while supporting the development of the service and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. There is flexibility to develop a specialist interest within anaesthesia or critical care, alongside opportunities for leadership, education, research and service development.

Details
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 265-8303700-SUR

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• GMC specialist Register in Anaesthesia
• FRCA or Equivalent
• CCT in Anaesthesia or within 6 months of the interview
• Desirable: Membership of specialist societies
• Further postgraduate qualifications in or allied to anaesthesia

Clinical Experience

• Essential: Anaesthetic management of a wide range of head and neck, obstetric, general, orthopaedic, emergency, trauma, and major surgery with the completion of higher training module set out by the RCOA old curriculum or Level 3 of the current curriculum.
• Desirable: Advanced training module or Specialist Interest area module of the new curriculum in relevant area for job plan 1
• Obstetric anaesthesia/Higher or advanced module or SIA equivalent for Job plan 2

Interpersonal Skills

• Essential: Commitment to team working
• Good organisational skills and punctuality
• Good written, verbal, and aural communication skills
• Caring attitude towards colleagues
• Desirable: Appropriate leadership development courses and structured activities

Management

• Essential: Willingness to work as a member of the wider trust
• Awareness of current service development opportunities and challenges
• Willingness to share administrative responsibilities
• Desirable: Desire to further develop in the appointed post and contribute to the service development

Audit and Research

• Essential: Experience of audit and quality improvement project
• Willingness to actively in the departments audit and quality improvement
• Desirable: Presentation at recognised national and or international meetings.
• Published or ongoing relevant research

Teaching

• Essential: Experience of and commitment to postgraduate teaching
• Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching
• Understanding of current education processes and requirements for training in Anaesthesia and ITU
• Evidence of attendance at anaesthesia meetings
• Desirable: Medical education qualification
• Evidence of training in teaching
• Evidence of achieving GMC standards Educational Supervisor role

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
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Northampton General Hospital
Address: Anaesthetics Department - Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5BD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Director for Anaesthetics, Dr Jeremy Stone, jeremy.stone@nhs.net, 01604545181

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment.