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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
Locum Consultant
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
10 sessions per week
Job ref
390-MR-T&A-BA-1775-C
Employer
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Basildon
Town
Nethermayne
Salary
£93,666 Per annum (Pro rata for part time) - YC73
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

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Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Locum Consultant

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend,  is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

 

Job overview

We are looking for a Consultant who has considerable Anaesthetics experience to join our team made up of 23-Consultants here at Basildon Hospital.

You will get a chance to work across a wide variety of surgical specialties, in particular elective and emergency vascular cases.

Working with colleagues you will help drive current service changes with reconfiguration of vascular services in Mid and South Essex, which has been endorsed by the Vascular Society, GIRFT and NHS England Specialist commissioning team

Main duties of the job

The Basildon Vascular surgical team cover all aspects of Vascular surgery including EVAR/TEVAR and Renal Vascular Access. The Regional Cardio-Thoracic Centre based on the Basildon Site, has a busy primary PCI service and TAVI programme for which we provide a 24/7 vascular cover for any unforeseen emergencies.

Basildon Hospital has a successful hyper-acute stroke unit generating >40 carotid procedures per annum.  At present, Basildon is part of the South Essex Emergency Vascular network providing emergency vascular provision (Monday- Chelmsford, Tuesday- Southend, Wednesday- Basildon, Thursday - Harlow) with Basildon Hospital on-call for vascular emergencies 1:4 weekends.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. 

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. 

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this interesting role please see attached job description. 

You will be expected to integrate within the team of existing consultant staff in order to provide a complete Anaesthetics Service. The Trust is committed to offering a much more patient focused service and Anaesthetics have made their services available seven days a week and the successful applicant will be expected to participate in these services.

Anaesthesia services are provided for 2 day Surgery theatres at Orsett.  Basildon has 7 main theatres, 3 day surgery theatres and 2 maternity theatresand also a hybrid theatre in the Cardiothoracic Centre.  The day unit also feeds patients into the main theatres. In addition anaesthetic services are provided for A&E, X-ray, Cardiology and patients requiring ECT.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or Equivalent
  • Evidence of completion of specialist training or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) at time of interview

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty.
  • Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anil Kumar
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0126852900
Additional information

Tel: 01268 524 900 Ext: 3422

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