Job summary
We are offering an opportunity to join East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust at a very exciting time. Six posts for Clinical Fellows in Anaesthesia have been created to support the opening the new Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC). The successful applicants will join an established and enthusiastic team in delivering high quality anaesthesia on the Colchester site. These new posts will be based in the purpose built £64million Dame Clare Marx Building (DCMB, the home of ESEOC) where Clinical Fellows will be supported by visiting consultants from Ipswich and West Suffolk Hospitals as well as Colchester anaesthetists.
Posts to commence 7th August 2024 for a fixed period of 12 months, possibly extendable by mutual agreement.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will be expected to provide anaesthesia for elective orthopaedic surgery with local consultant supervision. They will be expected to follow local guidelines and protocols, including enhanced recovery pathways.
The successful candidates would be expected to participate in the ESEOC rota covering the 2-4 bed POCU in the Dame Clare Marx Building with a frequency of no greater than 1 in 6, provide support to the Foundation Doctor covering the 3 elective orthopaedic wards (up to 72 beds in total), assess deteriorating patients and escalate care as necessary (which could include the transfer of unstable patients to the main hospital critical care unit).
The Clinical Fellows will be based in the DCMB at all times and will not be expected to contribute to other on call rotas, except in extenuating circumstances. So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, the post holder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues, and exceptionally to perform additional duties in emergencies or unforeseen circumstances. Responsibilities will include the supervision of junior staff, teaching, training and participation in departmental governance and quality improvement meetings.
About us
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
These Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia posts for ESEOC are particularly well suited to anaesthetists who have completed Core Training and are looking to develop their portfolios in preparation for an ST4 application.
Successful applicants will all be expected to undertake supervised Quality Improvement projects in areas of their interest and to develop protocols and pathways that support ESEOC. Weekly protected time is built in to the fellows job plans to enable them to undertake projects and non-clinical activity. The post holders will be supported to undertake fellowship examinations and to develop their CVs.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Passed Royal College Initial Assessment of Anaesthetic Competency (IAC)
- Experience of working in Anaesthetics within the NHS
- Evidence of safe solo anaesthetic practice for ASA 1 & 2 patients
- Evidence of ability to safely manage POCU patients with distant (off-site) supervision
- Team worker
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Current ALS
- Primary FRCA or equivalent
- Previous experience of at least 2 years in Anaesthetics, when starting post.
- Completion of Core Training in Anaesthesia when post starts
- Passed Royal College Initial Obstetric Anaesthesia Competency (IAOAC)
- Ability to drive
- Evidence of delivering teaching to junior trainees or multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of completed audit/QI work
- Evidence of career planning with regard to future training in Anaesthesia
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL