Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 8 sessions per week (Based on 10 PA contract)
- Job ref
- 153-M3744
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHD Poole site
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Critical Care and Anaesthesia
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
To provide resident cover for anaesthetic and Critical care in office hours; as well as shifts of cover with non-resident supervision by a Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist out of hours. Additionally he/she/them will provide anaesthesia during daytime hours for the surgical and interventional specialties within the Trust, again with indirect (onsite) supervision from Consultants. There will be opportunities for career development which the department will support.
The department is able to accommodate different levels of experience; however newly appointed post holders will be expected to at least provide overnight Intensive Care cover, including airway skills.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake advanced clinical assessment of the patient, analysing patient history, examination and investigation results to diagnose medical/surgical conditions and initiating treatment.
- Works autonomously in recognised situations.
- Use professional judgement in managing complex care events and captures the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service delivery
- To develop effective communication with the patient, relatives and MDT where required
- Use advanced communication skills to impart sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information to patients and carers, provide them with details of additional agencies available for emotional support in hospital or upon discharge as appropriate.
- To provide effective clinical handovers across all professional boundaries
- Make and receive patient referrals to/from other medical specialities, or agencies, ensuring accurate written and verbal communication
- Solo transfers of patients both intra and inter hospital where applicable
- Documents in medical notes, history, clinical findings, physical examination, interpretation and plan of care.
- Undertakes daily reviews of critical care patients and formulates and discusses plans on Consultant ward rounds.
- To actively support the discharge planning of patients and communicates with the receiving area/team discharge in collaboration with the healthcare team.
- Recognises own limitations and effectively seeks appropriate help
- Maintains confidentiality of patient
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The base timetable is based around a Specialty grade 10 PA contract.
The successful candidate will provide some daytime and out of hours anaesthetic and critical care services. In addition, they will provide anaesthesia within theatres such that the total hours worked falls within their contract.
The exact nature of the duties will be formalised after discussion with the successful applicant.
All non-trainee staff are required to have a job plan setting out their main duties and responsibilities, including a work programme specifying their weekly timetable.
Specialties covered at RBH include: elective orthopaedics, colorectal, urology, upper GI, vascular, breast, endocrine, gynaecology, interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and endoscopy. Obstetrics, head and neck, trauma and paediatrics are all based at Poole Hospital.
The actual job plan of the successful candidate(s) will be based on the needs of the directorate and the skills/experience/clinical interests of the applicants.
The post holder is expected to participate in the Directorate's half day Clinical Governance meetings (6 per annum) maintain their own skills and competencies through Continual Professional Development (CPD), participate in Clinical Audit and Effectiveness work and Research and Development, as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised basic Medical Degree
- Full GMC registration
- 3 years’ experience in the speciality at Senior House Officer/Core Training level or higher or its equivalence
- Successful completion of ALS (or equivalent) in last 4 years.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in Anaesthesia or equivalent
- FRCA examination or equivalent
- Three years minimum in a recognised Anaesthesia postgraduate training programme
- APLS or similar paediatric life support qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to enter UK Anaesthesia Speciality Training.
- Ability to deliver anaesthesia care for (with distance supervision) of ASA 1-3 cases.
- Clinical training and experience to act as Critical Care Unit resident doctor with non-resident Consultant Supervision.
- Sound general medical knowledge.
- Ability to perform within a multidisciplinary team.
- All round general experience in anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthesia and intensive care
- An understanding of the NHS management structure and clinical governance
- Willing to work as part of a team and share management and administrative responsibility.
Desirable criteria
- Completion of equivalent of SHO/CT2 level competency based programme.
- Evidence of involvement in research projects
- Completion of equivalent of stage 1 competency based programme in critical care
- Presentation at professional meetings
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to enter UK Anaesthesia Speciality Training.
- Ability to deliver anaesthesia care for (with distance supervision) of ASA 1-3 cases.
- Clinical training and experience to act as Critical Care Unit resident doctor with non-resident Consultant Supervision
- Sound general medical knowledge.
- Ability to perform within a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of ability to place a central venous line with distant supervision equivalent to entrustment scale 3 (supervisor on-call from home)
- Evidence of ability to intubate a critically unwell adult patient with distant supervision equivalent to entrustment scale 3 (supervisor on-call from home)
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable interest in risk management and patient safety
- Evidence of interest in preoperative care with aim of optimising patient pathway.
- Evidence of interest in quality assurance and improvement.
- Understands the principles of medical audit and research
- An understanding of CPD and evidence of its existence
- An understanding of the process of medical education and current approaches to this. An understanding of the needs of trainees
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Honesty and reliability
- Good organisational skills and time management
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Resilience and remain calm under pressure
- Caring attitude to patients
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
- Willingness to work in partnership with management
- Willingness to accept the need to implement trust, directorate and departmental priorities
Language Requirement
Essential criteria
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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 Guy Titley
- Job title
- Clinical Director Anaesthetics and Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000194198
- Additional information
Dr Ian Mowat
Consultant Anaesthetist/Deputy Clinical Director, Anaesthetics and Critical Care
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