Locum Consultant Anaesthetists - Prescot, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

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Description

There are 2 posts.

The post are to support 2 new operating theatres due to be opened in the summer of 2024 providing 30 + new elective theatre sessions.

They are available on a whole time/ less than full time / job share basis as appropriate (10.0 PAs). Each job is for 6 months initially.

These posts offer exciting opportunities for highly motivated anaesthetists to join a dynamic, expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust based at Whiston and St Helens Hospitals.

Interview Date:
To be confirmed

On call/emergency commitments

Out of hours, there is a 3-tier resident on-call service. Tiers 1 and 2 comprise trainees of which one is primarily for obstetrics duties. The 3 rd Tier is staffed by Speciality Doctors.

The 1st on call Consultant is required to liaise closely with the 2nd on call Consultant. The 2nd On Call Consultant Anaesthetist would attend at the request of the 1st On Call Consultant Anaesthetist.

There is a consultant anaesthetic delivered weekend and public holiday orthopaedic trauma service providing all day (08:00 to 18:00) cover.

There are 4 weekend plastic surgical trauma sessions, two of which benefit from anaesthetic cover.

Weekend Elective Activity

There is significant "Out-of-Hours" (OOHs) elective activity.

This activity provides increased capacity required to meet clinical targets and is in line with the NHS moving toward seven day working.

Historically this came under the term "Waiting List Initiative" activity but increasingly this being undertaken as part of consultants fixed job plans.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

Supporting Professional Activity

Whole Time Equivalents (WTEs) are provided with 1.0 PAs for Core Supporting Professional Activity (SPA); to meet the requirements of continuing professional development, enhanced appraisal and revalidation, audit, teaching and educational supervision of trainees.

Elective Work

Principal Accountabilities

The post-holder will:

Be expected to undertake his/her share of general anaesthetic duties according to the outline given above.

Provide advice on complex clinical, patient management problems and interdisciplinary planning treatment. He/she should provide second opinions for patients at the request of consultant colleagues.

Be expected to take an active part in continuing medical education.

Provide clinical training for trainee staff and undergraduate students.

Be expected to participate in Audit and will be encouraged to pursue research activities.

Be encouraged to contribute to the management of the Department with the objective of improving the service.

Be encouraged to use subspecialty anaesthetic interests of benefit to the trust and the trusts patients.

Be expected to comply with the General Medical council principles listed in "Good Medical Practice"

Along with members of the consultant team the post-holder should provide the Trust with advice on the specification and contracts for medical services drawn up by the purchasers.

This job description seeks only to illustrate the major areas of work for this post, it is not an exhaustive list.

The description may be altered by the Trust, after consultation with the post-holders, when operational requirements demand.