Overview
Contract Type: 10 sessions per week
Salary: £109,725 – £145,478 per annum, plus on-call
Partner Org: Royal Surrey County Hospital
Job overview
We have the exciting opportunity for two Consultant Anaesthetist to join our team at the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford. The jobs are full time posts comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) each. Additional PAs are subject to three months’ notice.
We are a department that provide a consultant-led service to dynamic surgical teams at the cutting edge of surgical innovation. Our department prides itself in allowing each individual to develop and bring their own areas of expertise and interest to what is already a very diverse mix of special interests. These include the more conventional areas such as examinerships, deanery roles, quality improvement, editorships, fellowship leads etc; but have expanded to medical examiner roles, mortality reviews, clinical risk, project management, ethics, management roles within the trust and even Magistracy.
Work has started on a purpose built, modular, ambulatory care centre – the Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre (CASIC) – in the grounds of the RSFT that will give us additional capacity of 6 new theatres and associated facilities. Expected to come online in 2025-26, this exciting development opens up new opportunities to appointees. This will include involvement in planning the layout, staffing and protocols for the area.
We would welcome informal enquiries and visits prior to the closing date for the application process.
Main duties of the job
There is increasing demand for anaesthetic support for procedures away from theatres, with endoscopy, interventional radiology and Radiotherapy being at the forefront of expansion recently. These are relatively new areas of demand, and along with an expansion of elective obstetrics and obstetric clinics offers a new consultant niche areas to organise and streamline. We are also expanding our pre-assessment service including a greater provision of consultant-led high-risk anaesthetic clinics.
The department has historically led the way in holding senior deanery roles and we would look to new consultants to join our group of educational supervisors.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
These posts have arisen as a result of increased demand for anaesthetic services around the trust and to strengthen the Consultant Anaesthetic team.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthetics (or relevant specialty)
- FRCA or equivalent
- Provider status in ATLS/APLS/ALS or equivalent, or willingness to obtain within 6 months of interview date
Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive training and clinical experience in anaesthesia equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in anaesthesia
- Experience in Cancer, High Risk, Obstetric, Orthopaedic & Airway anaesthesia
- Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship training
- Post CCT experience
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