Job summary

We invite applications for a Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia, this post is based at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals. The successful candidate will be responsible for provision of anaesthesia in theatres including pre-operative assessment, post operative analgesia and follow up when indicated. The duties also include provision of long day cover during weekdays (Bleep Holder Anaesthetist) at the Heatherwood hospital.

Description of Working Pattern

Job plan will be for 12 PAs with 11 DCC and 1 SPA. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Deputy Chief of Service on behalf of the Chief of Service and Medical Director within three months of appointment. With Heatherwood hospital being an elective hub, there is great impetus on day case procedures.

The job plan will primarily involve provision of anaesthesia for daytime elective theatre lists for various specialities including orthopaedics. There is also a significant component of Preoperative Anaesthetic assessment activities. This involves providing advice, reviewing notes, and running a pre-assessment clinic seeing patients face-to-face, collaborating with the pre-assessment nurses and consultants/ doctors from other specialities, liaising with GPs when patients require further pre-operative treatment, and follow up investigations that were ordered.

This is a 3 year fixed term post.

Main duties of the job

Bleep Holder Anaesthetist Rota: The successful candidate will join the bleep holder anaesthetist rota based at the Heatherwood Hospital. The BHA shift commences at 10.00 hrs and finishes at 22.00 hrs when all patients have been discharged from PACU. The BHA is contactable over the bleep phone till 22.00. This rota is only for the weekday daytime. There is no service over the weekends, nights and bank holidays. They are also involved in preoperative assessment of patients, pain ward rounds and trouble shooting in PACU and DSU in addition to providing support to theatres. The role would also entail facilitating the flow in theatres, supporting emergencies in theatre and assist with transfer of patients to the acute site.

Weekend Commitments: As part of the job plan, the post holder will be involved in 1 in 6 weekend (Saturday or Sunday) daytime trauma lists or obstetric on call activities. Individual interests such as obstetrics can also be accommodated.

There is no night time work involved as part of this job plan.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.