Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs/week)
- Job ref
- 321-CSS-3639148-SD
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Horton General Hospital
- Town
- Banbury
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Speciality Doctor in Anaesthesia
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
A fixed term post as a locum Specialty doctor in Anaesthesia is available now at the Oxford University Hospitals.
The post will be based jointly with the Horton Hospital and Oxford hospitals. The post is to cover maternity leave and is fixed term until 31st January 2025.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will participate in the resident anaesthetic junior on-call rota and be responsible for providing elective and emergency anaesthesia for the surgical specialties listed below. In addition the postholder will be involved in the care of patients on the critical care unit. The rota will consist of a mixture of normal days, long days and nights. It is expected that the successful applicant will perform duties appropriate to the grade and his/her level of experience.
Working for our organisation
The Horton Hospital, Oxford Road, Banbury OX16 9AL
The Horton General Hospital in Banbury serves the growing population in the north of Oxfordshire and surrounding areas. It has both inpatient and day case beds and also provides outpatient clinics, and is an acute general hospital providing a wide range of services, including:
- emergency department (with an emergency admission unit)
- general surgery
- acute general medicine
- trauma and orthopaedics
- gynaecology
- midwifery lead unit
- paediatrics
- critical care / coronary care unit (used flexibly for high dependency cases)
- cancer resource centre.
The majority of these services have day case surgery beds and outpatient clinics, with the outpatient department running clinics with visiting consultants from Oxford in dermatology, neurology, physical medicine, rheumatology, ophthalmology, radiotherapy, oral surgery and paediatric cardiology.
Acute general medicine also includes a short-stay admissions ward, an emergency assessment unit, a day hospital as part of specialised elderly care rehabilitation services and a cardiology service.
Other clinical services include renal dialysis, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, radiology and pathology. The radiology service includes a managed mobile MRI and a breast cancer screening unit. Currently, there are also four main operating theatres and a large day-case unit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will participate in the resident anaesthetic junior on-call rota and be responsible for providing elective and emergency anaesthesia for the surgical specialties listed below. In addition the postholder will be involved in the care of patients on the critical care unit. The rota will consist of a mixture of normal days, long days and nights. It is expected that the successful applicant will perform duties appropriate to the grade and his/her level of experience.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Degree
- Full Registration with GMC and licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- Primary FRCA or equivalent
- Final FRCA or equivalent
Training
Essential criteria
- Shall have completed at least five years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), at least three of which will be in anaesthesia, equivalent to UK Core Anaesthetic training.
- Advanced Life Support
Desirable criteria
- ATLS / APLS or equivalent
- Formal transfer training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 years recognised training at time of appointment in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, equivalent to that expected to be undertaken in a UK anaesthetic training programme.
- Broad anaesthetic experience equivalent to that gained in a UK district general hospital or teaching hospital anaesthetic dept.
- Experience in paediatric anaesthesia
- Experience in trauma anaesthesia
- Critical care transfer experience
Desirable criteria
- At least 5 years’ anaesthetics experience
- Current NHS Experience
- Experience in intensive care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently or recognize when help needed. Ability to effectively prioritize, organize and manage clinical workload.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of this post Performs at the level expected of an anaesthetic registrar, participating in a resident on-call rota for anaesthetics
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively through good verbal and written skills in English.
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Experience of routine clinical audit.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Jenny Thompson
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Horton General Hospital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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