Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics

4 weeks ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Additional subspecialty expertise is desirable (such as in regional anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, obstetric or paediatric anaesthesia) as are wider skills in service improvement, audit and governance, research, medical education, management and leadership.

Torbay hospital has a reputation for a friendly working environment and excellent trainee feedback and is a national innovator in many areas including day surgery and peri-operative medicine. Outside of the hospital, the area offers a great lifestyle with beautiful countryside from the stunning South Devon coastline with its sandy beaches and pebble coves to the rugged peaks of Dartmoor and the rolling South Hams. Please see our attached video link for a taster of what work-life balance means in our department.

We were one of the first departments in the country to undergo and complete ACSA reaccreditation successfully, and the hospital is part of the Building a BRighter Future wave of major rebuild and refurbishment, which is expected to include two new theatres build and will place a transformative digital environment at the heart of patient care.

Applicants are required to be on the GMC Specialist Register, Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full-time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

**For further information please see the below video link**:

- Communication and working relationships
- Patients
- GP’s
- Colleagues
- Junior Medical staff
- Management
- Other medical and service departments within the Trust
- Liaison with other Trusts/Providers where necessary
- Planning and organisation
- To be able to plan treatment care effectively
- Prioritise workload efficiently and safely
- Analytical and judgement
- To use best evidence based analytical judgement in providing care to patients
- Responsibility and accountability
- To provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital
- To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervised and train the juniors and specialty doctors. To be proactive in the department’s clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust
- Responsibility for patients and client care
- To be proactive in ensuring all patients receive rapid assessment treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe quality and performance are delivered and sutained
- Policy and service responsibility
- To adhere to policies and guidelines of the Trust
- To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes
- Responsibility for finance, equipment and other resources
- Liaise with the Associate Medical Director, associate Director of Operations and Operational Manager on budgetary issues
- Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management
- Recruitment, appointment, teaching and educational supervision of junior medical staff including educational contracts, organisation of study leave, annual leave and rotas
- Information technology and administrative duties
- To complete relevant medical records as per policies and procedures Use IT systems i.e. Picis, Galaxy, CLW, VitalPAC etc
- Responsibility for research and development
- To take part in research and development within the department

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitablilty to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.



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