Job summary
- Main area
- Anaethetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 381-SS-7302500
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midand Metropolitan University Hospital
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £100,870 - £111,441 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/09/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Grade in Anaesthesia
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
We are delighted to advertise 4 Specialist grade posts in Anaesthesia at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. These posts are new posts which have arisen due to restructuring within the department. The posts are on a substantive basis. Specialist anaesthetists will be responsible for delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care to the service users in accordance with the trusts values, procedures, and operating policies.
The posts are ideally suited for candidates with a specialist interest in ‘Ophthalmic Anaesthesia’ with subspecialist interests in anaesthesia for major surgery, perioperative medicine, or regional anaesthesia. Clinical sessions are negotiable to suit the applicant’s sub-specialty interests. Options include sessions in Gynae-oncology, ENT, Colo-rectal, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Pre-assessment, and Peri-operative Anaesthesia.
There are ample opportunities to develop personal interest in amongst other things like management, governance, peri-operative medicine, service development and education and training. ”Sustainability” is at the heart of everything we do and have various project streams. New ideas and experience in this area will be highly welcomed.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will join the current department of 49 existing highly motivated and respected anaesthetic consultants, including 13 who currently provide obstetric cover, supported by a team of 18 experienced speciality doctors and trainees from both Birmingham and Stoke School of Anaesthesia. All anaesthetists at the Trust work cross-site at MMUH, City Heath Campus and Sandwell Health Campus, with theatre services at each site.
The appointees will be expected to work flexibly at all locations, depending on the needs of the service and the appointee’s sub-specialty interests. Initially posts are for 10PAs with additional sessions available if mutually agreeable. Requirements for training are described in the Person Specification. From the non-clinical perspective, strengths in the fields of either medical education and simulation training or service development and risk management would complement the department well. The department is looking for enthusiastic candidates who will bring new skills, knowledge, and techniques to the department. It is essential that consultants joining the department are flexible, forward-looking, and committed. The department prides itself in flexible job planning.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our aim is to provide high quality patient experience but in a very staff friendly environment. There is great focus on staff wellbeing both at department and trust level. We have been pioneers in new ways of working and demonstrated that in trauma and peri-operative medicine and have been recognized nationally. We always receive excellent feedback from our trainees and encourage all consultants to participate in undergraduate and post graduate training.
For more information on the job role and responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Dr Jay Susarla: Clinical Director Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Management: 0121 507 4343/3415
[email protected]
Person specification
Research and scholarship
Essential criteria
- Up-to-date with current research and best practice in the individual’s specific area of practice, through appropriate continuing professional development activities and their own independent study and reflection
- Critically appraises and understands the relevance of the literature, conducting literature searches and reviews; disseminates best practice including from quality improvement projects
- Locates and uses clinical guidelines appropriately
- Communicates and interprets research evidence in a meaningful way for patients to support shared decision-making
- Works towards identifying the need for further research to strengthen the evidence base or where there are gaps in knowledge, networking with teams within and outside the organisation
Professional and Multi-disciplinary team working:
Essential criteria
- Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Residence within a reasonable distance of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
- Ability to undertake clinical commitments at any of the Trust’s sites.
Qualifications:
Essential criteria
- Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- FRCA
- Additional postgraduate qualifications
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 12 years medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in anaesthesia and critical care as a Specialty Doctor or equivalent
- Experience of UK heathcare and working within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience in ophthalmic anaesthesia
- Experience in perioperative medicine
Professional values and behaviours, skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework (or equivalent for dentists).
- Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope.
- Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment.
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner. (All senior doctors/dentists (including consultants and GPs) work independently/ autonomously to a level of defined competencies, as agreed within local clinical governance frameworks).
- Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management
- Respects patients’ dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist, e.g. using interpreters and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties
- Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely
- Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; data protection; equality and diversity
- Applies basic principles of public health; including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, work, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention, as relevant to their specialty
Leadership and teamworking
Essential criteria
- Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others
- Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes – appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams – promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way
- Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development
- Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary
- Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments
Patient safety and quality improvement
Essential criteria
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary
- Applies basic human factors principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system levels
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals
- Advocates for, and contributes to, organisational learning
- Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvements reviews
- Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice
- Evaluates and audits own and others’ clinical practice and acts on the findings
- Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities
- Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact
- Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents or complaints and implements appropriate changes
- Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes
Education and training
Essential criteria
- Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services
- Promotes and participates in individual and team learning; supporting the educational needs of individuals and teams for uni-professional, multidisciplinary and interprofessional learning
- Identifies and creates safe and supportive working and learning environments
- Can act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach or mentor for medical and non-medical practitioners
- Creates effective learning opportunities and provides developmental feedback, both verbally and in writing, to learners and doctors/dentists in training, as required by the role
- Plans and provides effective teaching and training activities as required by the role
- Understands how to raise concerns about the behaviour or performance of any learner who is under their clinical supervision (leadership)
- Takes part in patient education
Desirable criteria
- Formal training in teaching
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential criteria
- Experience of conducting clinical audit
- Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An enquiring and critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, other staff and agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
Other Requirements:
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
- Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate)
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Jay Susarla
- Job title
- CD Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01215074343
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