Job overview

Applications are invited for the position of Consultant Anaesthetist to join the existing team of 63 Consultant Anaesthetists. This is a new post to accommodate increase in theatre activity.

The Consultant Anaesthetist will provide Anaesthetic services with sessions in Neurosurgery, Trauma and Day Surgery. The post holder will also provide 1 in 18 on call cover for CEPOD Theatres in Hull Royal Infirmary. The post includes providing Anaesthetic services to the surgical specialities of Neurosurgery, Trauma and Breast Surgery.

Acute neurosurgical services are based in Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull which include elective and emergency craniotomies, interventional radiological procedures for treating tumours and aneurysms and complex spine surgery. There is an elective spine surgery service in Castle Hill Hospital.

Hull Royal Infirmary provides a 7-day Trauma surgical services with 2 theatres running most weekdays. Day Surgery services are provided at both hospital sites.

The post attracts an additional recruitment package. The package includes removal expenses up to £20,000 and a starting salary of point 4 of the pay scale. More detailed information is available upon request.”

Main duties of the job

A standard full time Job Plan will contain 10.1 programmed activities.  Any extra programmed activities will be agreed at the job planning process with the Clinical Manager.  Any such agreement will be made in writing and the additional programmed activities will be incorporated into the Job Plan schedule.

                                                                                                                               

                The Job Plan may be amended in consultation with the post holder to reflect the requirements of the new Consultant Contract regarding programmed activities.

 

The timetable is provisional and flexible and can be modified as required. It is shown as an example only. The above provisional time table would be expected to be 10.1 PAs, which is split as follows

 

DCC                                        7.5

On Call                                  1.1

SPA                                        1.5

Working for your organisation

HUTH has two main hospital sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £500 million. The Trust employs over 9,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.

The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.

The Trust provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively. 

Our vision is ‘Great Staff, Great Care, Great Future’, as we believe that by developing an innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver great care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Trust and our community.

We have developed a set of organisational values - ‘Care, Honesty, Accountability’ – in conjunction with our staff and these form the basis of a Staff Charter which sets out the behaviours which staff expect from each other and what staff can expect from the Trust in return. The values are reflected in our organisational goals for 2016-2021.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:

Provide theatre cover General theatres as below.

Provide an Anaesthetic Service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan

Supervise trainee Anaesthetic staff within the Trust.

Undertake the following example of a working week.

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

 

Day Surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trauma Theatre

 

 

  

 

 

Neurosurgery                                             

 

 

PM

   Day  Surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trauma Theatre

 

 

       SPA                                           

 

 

 

Neurosurgery

DCC PAs

 

2.5

 

 

2.5

 

 

 

2.5

 

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Dr Ganesh Gopalakrishnan Job title Clinical Director for Anaesthesia Email address ganesh.gopalakrishnan@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 674542