Consultant in General Anaesthetics (Substantive)

Job summary

We warmly welcome requests for conversations and visits prior to application submission. Please use the contact details below to arrange these.

This is a substantive consultant post. The post holder will undertake sessions at both Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI).

We pride ourselves in being a very supportive department, both for our consultant and non- consultant colleagues alike. We have had a high success rate of our trainees progressing through exams and our specialty doctors progressing in to training posts.

The post attracts 10 Programmed Activities in the first instance subject to job planning but applicants wishing to work part time are also encouraged to apply and job plans will be adjusted accordingly, and by negotiation with appointees.

As well as general anaesthetic provision, the department can support Special Interests in Obstetrics and Paediatric Anaesthesia. Applications are encouraged from experienced consultants wishing to take up a new challenge or newly accredited consultants who will be supported through our highly regarded development programmes. The post holder is encouraged to develop his/her own sub-specialty interest.

The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.

Main duties of the job

This post requires a flexible attitude to working practices, managing patients in partnership with other consultant colleagues and professional staff and making the best possible use of resources

put at the disposal of the Department. This is likely to require negotiated changes of duties and time tabled sessions from time to time.

All consultants have a responsibility to liaise with their colleagues to co ordinate their individual activities to ensure the clinical service operates effectively and efficiently.

About us

CHFT is an integrated acute and community Trust serving diverse communities across Calderdale and Kirklees, with strong partnerships across West Yorkshire. We are proud of our One Culture of Care -- caring for each other with the same compassion, kindness and respect that we show our patients -- and of the values that underpin how we work: we put people first, we go see, we work together to get results, and we do the must dos.

CHFT is recognised as a forward looking, digitally enabled Trust, with a strong track record of using data, innovation and system collaboration to improve quality, safety and outcomes. We are ambitious about the role that acute trusts play in prevention, population health and reducing inequalities, and this post sits at the heart of that agenda.

This investment will transform our services, providing high quality, compassionate care to our patients, whilst improving the experience of our staff in line with our One Culture of Care.

Our plan is our future. It will deliver care closer to home in the community, supported by sustainable and innovative healthcare in our two hospitals. By 2029, both hospitals will have 24/7 consultant led A&E services, with our planned care located in Huddersfield and our unplanned (acute) services in Calderdale. You can read more by clicking on the link below:

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