Consultant in Paediatric AnaesthesiaNHS

Job summary

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST

Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Applications are invited for a whole-time Locum Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia.

It is an exciting time to join our welcoming and friendly team of 11 Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultants based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. We are looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our on-going development of Paediatric services in UHL NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Anaesthetic Consultants to provide a high standard of care across our Paediatric services. We are a tertiary referral centre for neonatal surgery and therefore provide anaesthesia for a large number of neonatal cases. The Anaesthetic department provides Paediatric Anaesthetic cover for the following specialties: Paediatric General Surgery, Urology, Thoracic surgery, Orthopaedics & Trauma, ENT, Maxillofacial & Dental, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Oncology, diagnostic and interventional Radiology & Endoscopy, Preassessment and Pain. Anaesthesia for neonatal surgery is undertaken on a regular basis. It is expected that the post holder will have received training and experience in all areas of Paediatric Anaesthesia and neonatal surgery and will take part in the Paediatric Anaesthetic on call rota.

Main duties of the job

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.

To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.

To promote effective, integrated care and partnership working across the health community.

Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and perioperative decision-making

Supervise and train appraise and assess junior medical staff

Contribute to teaching, research, audit, administration and clinical governance.

• Proactively support service development and improvement

Job description

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the provision of a safe and efficientPaediatric anaestheticservice for elective and emergency care at UHL including preoperativeassessment and perioperative
• To provide specialist high-risk anaesthesia outpatient clinic work.
• To participate in the Paediatric Consultant Anaesthetist non-resident on- call rota. Currently 1:9.5
• Support high-quality elective and emergency theatre sessions, including neonatal and paediatric emergency anaesthesia, and provide flexibility tomeet service needs
• Work collaboratively with paediatric surgery, radiology, pain, pre-assessment, theatre and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe perioperative pathways
• Work flexibly to support workload pressures and cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
• Participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local partners.
• Supervise and manage junior medical staff in line with local employment, education and human resources policies.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement, clinical governance, CPD and mandatory governance meetings.
• Carry out all duties to the highest standard, and in accordance with GMC Good Medical Practice and relevant quality initiatives.
• Contribute to the teaching, training, appraisal and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinical staff groups
• Maintain continuing professional development and engage with annual appraisal and revalidation requirements.
• Complete Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

high-quality care for all,

being a great place to work,

partnerships for impact, and

research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

we are compassionate,

we are proud,

we are inclusive, and

we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

UHL is fully committed to continuing medical education for consultants. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to departmental quality improvement activity and the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees in Anaesthesia. The UHL Department of Anaesthesia is committed to working towards the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation scheme of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.