Senior Clinic Fellow in Anaesthesia
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
Applications are invited for 2 x Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia to start in February 2025. These posts are for an initial period of 6 months, however we anticipate following review and mutual agreement will likely be extended on a 6 month basis.
The post is suitable for anaesthetists with significant years' experience in anaesthesia, who are at CT3 level as set out by the RCoA. The post would potentially fulfil ST3 equivalence as described by the Royal College of Anaesthetists or alternatively would be suitable for more experienced anaesthetists wishing to gain further experience.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of clinical practice in anaesthesia. The post holder will participate in out-of-hours service provision in anaesthetics on a 1:8 full shift rota which includes long days, nights and weekend.
Posts are to commence in the February 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Main duties of the job
Main Responsibilities:
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services to the patients of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Training of junior staff:
The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under the training plan that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
Teaching:
The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
Appraisal:
All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal annually.
Other:
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services to the patients of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Training of junior staff:
The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under the training plan that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
Teaching:
The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
Appraisal:
All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal annually.
Other:
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- MBBS
- Full registration with GMC with licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- ALS
- FRCA part 1 or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant years experience within General Surgery at foundation or core training level.
Desirable criteria
- Previous UK experience
Clinical Audit/Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical audit.
- Demonstrable understanding and acceptance of the principles of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- Peer reviewed publications.
- Research experience.
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Under and Postgraduate teaching.
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Willingness to participate in clinical management.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in development of local guidelines and protocols.
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Desire to continue personal development.
- Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
- Professional attitude towards work; reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership and team building
- Evidence of adaptability and flexibility.
- Creative and innovative.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- candidate information pack (PDF, 403.6KB)
- Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)