Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 per week average including on call (10 PAs))
- Job ref
- 423-6814949
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - Anaesthetics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Are you passionate about delivering excellent patient care and want to make a difference in people’s lives? Then come join our team of enthusiastic expert anaesthetists. We offer training in quality improvement, leadership, sustainability and regional anaesthesia.
We are currently advertising for a Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia. This post is for 10 programmed activities. The post holder will be expected to participate in a 1:10 on-call rota. A breakdown of the draft job plan for the post is included in the information pack.
The post offers the opportunity to work in a small, ACSA accredited department in an award winning hospital in an area of outstanding natural beauty within the heart of England in the rolling countryside near Skipton and Ilkley, close to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
We require applicants to have a range of general experience in Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Critical Care at specialty doctor or trainee grade. There will be opportunity to modify the draft job plan to accommodate specific commitments or skills. We encourage informal discussion of this before interviews.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will join a team of enthusiastic anaesthetists who can offer expertise and training in Critical Care, leadership and sustainability, quality improvement and regional anaesthesia. We encourage involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and as well as new ideas for improving or developing new work streams. The department has recently been awarded Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) having been commended by ACSA in many aspects including team communication, simulation training and Specialty Doctor career development.
We maintain a 1 in 10 second on call rota which provides the flexibility and sustainability to provide high quality critical care, maternity and emergency anaesthesia services for our patients. The initial job plan is for 10 PA’s with opportunity for extra PA’s (up to 12 in total). Time is allocated within job plans for any additional responsibilities in addition to SPA time. Professional leave is available for agreed additional responsibilities in addition to study leave.
Working for our organisation
Our award winning hospital is positioned at the gateway to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales affording the opportunity to live and work in a stunning part of the country with good schools and easy access to the larger towns of Bradford, Harrogate and the City of Leeds. The hospital covers a large geographical area between Yorkshire Dales and Bradford. As a department we have a programme of social events and many outdoor activities to appreciate the natural beauty of the surrounding outdoors.
Our dynamic department encourage involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and as well as new ideas for improving or developing new work streams. The department has recently gained Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation. The department was commended by ACSA in many aspects including team communication, perioperative fasting and anticoagulant management, simulation training and Specialty Doctor career development.
We have Consultants and SAS doctors with specialist interests in sustainability and leadership, mentoring, critical care and regional anaesthesia. We have SAS doctors in many leadership roles in the department and other trust roles.
As a Department and as a Trust we have fully embraced the specialty doctor’s charter. Autonomous working for specialty doctors is in place, and within anaesthesia we have specialty doctors working autonomously.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details of this job vacancy, please see attached the full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS
- Full registration with General Medical Council
Desirable criteria
- Primary FRCA
- ATLS / ALS / APLS / PALS
- EDICM or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working in anaesthesia as a specialty doctor or anaesthetic trainee
- Understanding of the NHS Constitution and its implications
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience
- Significant contribution to teaching/research or management
CLINICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Wide general experience of anaesthesia
- Including Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine and Obstetrics
- CLINICAL SKILLS Wide general experience of anaesthesia Including Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine and Obstetrics Ability to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota
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 Julian Hood
- Job title
- Consultant Anaesthetist & Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292185
- Additional information
Dr Tamsin Gregory
Clinical Lead
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