Job summary
Join us for a career and portfolio boosting opportunity. We are offering one Anaesthetic Senior Trust Grade job at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fixed term post for 12 months to cover Resident gaps and includes participation in the 2nd on-call Resident rota at one or other campus. Applicants should have full GMC registration with a licence to practise, at least 5 years of anaesthetic experience with significant and recent experience in a UK anaesthetic department, and have passed the Royal College of Anaesthetists Final FRCA examination or other Test of Knowledge accepted by the RCoA. Successful applicants will join a busy, supportive department, providing anaesthesia for a broad range of specialties, and will participate in 2nd on anaesthetic rotas covering Anaesthesia, Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC), Obstetrics, and Critical Care as required.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be expected to:

• Support the delivery of a high quality 24-hour Anaesthetic service, including participation in out of hours rotas, covering EPOC (Enhanced Perioperative Care unit), Obstetrics, and Critical Care, in addition to General (Anaesthesia) duties
• To work flexibly when required and depending upon demand
• To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

About us
We offer:

• A named GMC-accredited Educational Supervisor
• Annual Medical Appraisal
• Exam support, interview and viva practice
• Access to undergraduate teaching roles with further opportunities to contribute to local education and audit/QI projects
• The benefit of the department's strong training, University, Trent Simulation Centre and Royal College links
• Pay and leave in line with trainee peers
• Flexible working
• Access to pastoral support - buddying, mentoring, nationally recognised Junior Doctor Liaison Group and Staff Wellbeing Programme

There are two campuses, situated 5 miles apart in the heart of Nottingham, with 47 theatres covering all surgical specialties.

• Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is the acute setting and supports a substantial surgical workload including neurosurgery, spinal surgery, head and neck, hepatobiliary and colorectal surgery. It also houses the region's only Major Trauma Centre, Emergency Department, Children's Hospital, Treatment Centre, Trent Simulation Centre and Medical School
• Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) delivers planned care and is where cardiac, thoracic, urology, the majority of cancer surgery and renal transplants are undertaken.

Job responsibilities
Clinical duties will include those normally expected of an Anaesthetic ST6+. During the daytime, this will involve theatre work; out of hours, duties will include 2nd on rota sessions at city or QMC. Consultant cover is provided at all times, being non-resident overnight. At QMC, Consultant Anaesthetists are resident throughout all daytime and twilight sessions, 7 days a week, supporting the emergency workload. The successful candidates will be responsible to a named Consultant within the senior management team, and have a named Educational Supervisor. They will be required to:

• Participate in the delivery of a high quality 24-hour service including participation in the resident Out of Hours rota, covering a mixture of Anaesthetics, EPOC, Critical Care, and Obstetric Anaesthesia. Daytime sessions will be within Anaesthetics
• Provide internal cover for colleagues on leave, which is included in the current banding allocation of this post. In exceptional circumstances and for short periods only, Clinical Fellows may be requested to provide additional cover, for example, to cover sickness. Locums may also be employed in this instance. The rota is EWTD compliant with appropriate level of banding for anti-social hours
• Work flexibly, maintain a logbook and portfolio, engage with supervision, undergo medical appraisal and to develop a learning plan/PDP
• Comply with management arrangements in place, to follow the guidelines on practice laid down by the General Medical Councils Maintaining Good Medical Practice, and to be accountable to the Trust for their actions and the quality of their work
• Comply with Trust Health and Safety policies, fulfil mandatory training requirements and maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff
• Have knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice
• Maintain effective working relationships with anaesthetic, nursing, operating department, critical care, midwifery, and surgical colleagues

Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practice
• Full Final FRCA or other Test of Knowledge accepted by the RCoA
• ALS provider

Experience
Essential

• Significant and recent experience of anaesthetic practice in the UK
• A minimum of 5 years anaesthetics experience

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.

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. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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