Consultant Anaesthetist

This is an excellent opportunity for a Consultant Anaesthetist to join a leading orthopaedic centre of excellence. We are a specialist hospital with a reputation for innovation, and we are looking for consultants who have the drive to develop the service to world class status.

Set in idyllic surroundings, with beautiful places to live within commuting distance, and excellent schooling available, the job also offers fantastic flexibility and work-life balance.

The Trust is situated in the beautiful Shropshire countryside, on the Welsh border, in the middle of an extensive unspoilt rural area but with excellent transport links, 30 minutes by road from Chester and Shrewsbury. Manchester and Liverpool airports are about an hour by road, and Birmingham airport 90 minutes. The M54 motorway provides quick access to the national motorway network and there are reasonable rail links from Gobowen via Shrewsbury or Chester.

These full time posts comprise 7.5 PA for direct clinical care with 2 supporting professional activities (SPA) with the opportunity to progress to 2.5 for specific activities which are agreed upon between the consultant and their clinical manager.

An interest in Pre-op assessment, Regional anaesthesia or anaesthesia for Spinal surgery would be an added advantage.

We encourage all potential candidates to come to the site for an informal visit.

For those who wish to earn extra income, there is also a busy on-site private practice open to all, and extra-contractual NHS work on weekdays and weekends. The On-Call commitment for the post will be between 1:12 and 1:14.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH)is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country, with some of the highest levels of staff and patient satisfaction, as well as a strong reputation for research and innovation.

Our aim is to aspire to deliver world class patient care, and we want talented, dedicated and passionate people to help us achieve this.

Our continued success is accomplished through the skills and expertise of our staff, which is underpinned by our values: Friendly, Caring, Excellence, Professional and Respect. If your values align to ours, and you would like to join us in aspiring to deliver world class patient care, we would love to hear from you.

We offer flexible working, less-than-whole time working, job shares, extra annual leave purchase. It’s easy to park at the hospital and there is an on site children’s nursery with hours suitable for medical and nursing staff

We are looking for a highly motivated colleague with an interest in orthopaedic anaesthesia to provide anaesthesia and peri-operative care for all aspects of orthopaedic surgery.

The post is for a permanent whole time (10 programmed activities).

The Post will involve all aspects of peri-operative anaesthetic care for orthopaedic and spinal surgery and the postholder will be expected to: -
1. Ensure effective and open communication with anaesthetic and surgical colleagues.
2. Take part in all aspects of pre, intra and postoperative anaesthetic care for both inpatient and day case orthopaedic surgery.
3. Demonstrate a degree of flexibility in their working patterns, as demanded by a consultant-based service.
4. Take part in the anaesthetic on-call rota. This is currently 1:15, though this may be subject to change.
5. Provide in-theatre and formal training for rotating specialist registrars, nurses, ODPs and colleagues
6. Assess patients’ fitness for surgery within the pre-op clinic, both directly and indirectly by supervising nursing colleagues

You will be joining an experienced team of 25 consultants and one Associate specialist. The hospital has nine inpatient wards including a private patient ward, a paediatric ward, plus a HDU ward, twelve operating theatres, as well as extensive outpatient and diagnostic facilities.

The department is highly active in quality and safety agendas, including regular Human Factor training sessions for all staff, running multi-disciplinary courses on the deteriorating surgical patient, in house ALS and APLS courses, and training of visiting trainees in regional and orthopaedic anaesthesia.

Any research or academic interests are actively encouraged and supported by the large on-site research team