Consultant - Anaesthetics with an Interest in Vascular and CPEX

Job Overview We are looking to appoint consultants in anaesthetics with an interest in: General Perioperative medicine including cardiopulmonary exercise testing and high-risk pre-assessment Vascular anaesthesia Management Teaching The jobs are full-time posts comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs). 7.5PA will be dedicated to anaesthetic sessions. The post holder is expected to undertake general on call duties.1 PA is allocated to this commitment. The remaining 1.5PA will be allocated to supporting professional activities (SPA). Candidates should be in position to take up the role from October 2025 onwards

Main duties of the job The jobs are full-time posts comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs). 7.5PA will be dedicated to anaesthetic sessions. The post holder is expected to undertake general on call duties.1 PA is allocated to this commitment. The remaining 1.5PA will be allocated to supporting professional activities (SPA). Please See Attached Job Description For Further Information.

Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities The post has arisen to meet the demand driven by the expansion of theatre activity and retirements. Job Planning: The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement between the appointee and the Chief-of-Service, that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It provides a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it includes personal objectives, including details of links to wider service objectives, and details of support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. Changes having budgetary or contractual implications would also need the agreement of the Chief Executive. One half day per month is dedicated to audit and teaching during which time all routine work is suspended. All staff are expected to attend except for those providing emergency care cover and those on leave. The directorate meeting is also held at this time. It is assumed that every member of the department will play a full part in formal and informal teaching of medical and other staff, and this is recognised as part of Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). Please See Attached Job Description For Further Information.

Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Full GMC registration FRCA or equivalent Listed on GMC UK Specialist Register (UKSR) or within 6 months of gaining CCT in Anaesthesia at the date of the interview Desirable criteria MRCP or similar qualification Postgraduate qualification in perioperative medicine Qualification in regional anaesthesia Experience Essential criteria Experience running elective and emergency vascular lists independently Experience running cardiopulmonary exercise testing clinics independently Provider status in ATLS ALS and PALS (or equivalent) Willingness to teach undergraduate and postgraduates particularly, in the weekly protected trainee teaching sessions Understand principles and participated in audit activity Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence-based practice Desirable criteria Faculty in teaching courses Postgraduate qualification in teaching Relevant research Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria Good written and oral communication skills Ability to organise and develop service provision Management: understanding the structures of NHS hospitals and willing to play a role in the Department and in the Hospital Desirable criteria Good IT skills Experience in Management CPET training or Accreditation Experience in conducting high-risk anaesthetic clinic

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment . Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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