Locum Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia
hace 9 horas
Banbury
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 four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and Horton General 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. 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 significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. A Locum Specialty Doctor post in Anaesthesia is available now at the Oxford University Hospitals. The post will be based jointly with the Horton Hospital and Oxford hospitals. 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. It is consistently one of the top five hospitals in the country for fractured neck of femur care and is also a specialist day surgery centre for both adults and children, boasting excellent quality outcomes with enviably low unanticipated admission rates following surgery. Specialist cancer and transplant surgery is undertaken at the Churchill Hospital, while the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is also nearby. The John Radcliffe Hospital is a major trauma centre and tertiary hospital providing multiple specialties, including neurosurgery, cardiothoracics, paediatrics, ENT, maxillofacial surgery, and plastics. There is a dedicated Women’s Centre providing obstetric and benign gynaecology services. The postholder will provide elective and emergency anaesthesia to adults and children and be part of the hospital cardiac arrest team. Training and professional development will be tailored to the experience and needs of the postholder. 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 provide emergency airway support to the hospital and be involved in the initial resuscitation and transfer of critically ill patients. 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. • General Surgery (including paediatrics, breast and colorectal), • Gynaecology, • Urology, • Trauma, • Oral Surgery, • Paediatric Dental Surgery, • Cataract and minor Eye Surgery, • Plastic Surgery (including paediatrics), • Obstetrics or other specialty interest (by arrangement, in Oxford) There is a trauma list each weekday afternoon. There is a liberal Day Surgery policy. Critical Care Provision Patients on the Oak high dependency / enhanced care unit are managed by the admitting physicians with anaesthetic input as required. High dependency patients may be discussed with the consultant on AICU at the John Radcliffe Hospital as required. Escalation to level three care is supported with the expectation of same-day transfer to the John Radcliffe Hospital. Paediatric intensive care facilities are sited at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and there is a retrieval service. Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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. 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 . In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism. The postholder will provide elective and emergency anaesthesia to adults and children and be part of the hospital cardiac arrest team. Training and professional development will be tailored to the experience and needs of the postholder. Please see the attached Job Description. • Full registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council, • Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), at least two of which will be in anaesthesia, • Shall have equivalent experience and competencies, • Advanced Life Support, • Primary FRCA, • Final FRCA or equivalent, • ATLS, APLS or equivalent, • Formal transfer training, • Completion of core training in anaesthesia (or equivalent), • Minimum 2 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, • Ability to make decisions independently or recognise when help required., • At least 5 years’ anaesthetics experience / PG training in anaesthesia, equivalent to that expected in a UK training programme, • Current NHS Experience, • Experience in intensive care, • Ability to undertake solo anaesthesia lists, • Experience of leading clinical teams, • Ability to work independently or recognise when help needed, • Ability to effectively prioritise, organise 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, • Experience of routine clinical audit, • Experience such as managing rotas, organising conferences, or chairing meetings, • Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees, • Supporting an anaesthetic dept through ACSA COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated. No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails. Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr