NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This post is for 10PAs, 8 DCC and 2 SPA, 1 of which will be core SPA. If changes to this job plan are required, this will be by negotiation in accordance with nationally agreed terms and conditions of the consultant contract. Up to 2 EPAs may be available for successful candidates. EPAs will be discussed after appointment. This is a fixed-term post for 9 months.

The postholder will be based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and annualised to 42 weeks per year. Currently, on call duties are at the RAH covering the intensive care unit on a 1 in 11 basis. The successful applicant will work 1 week in 13 in ICU providing daytime cover and 1 week in 12 in the High Dependency Unit providing daytime cover. In the remaining weeks, the successful candidate will have an all-day flexible anaesthesia list on a Friday 32 times per year and flexible all-day theatre lists 10 times per year (days to be agreed). Any agreed anaesthetic sessions may require the successful candidate to work at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, however, no more than 7 all day lists a year. A weekly multidisciplinary team meeting is held on a Tuesday afternoon. This includes a grand round, clinical governance activity and education.

The core SPA will reflect 1 PA for activity such as appraisal, personal audit and professional development occurring outside study leave time. The precise allocation of the additional 1 SPA and associated objectives will be for other activities such as undergraduate and postgraduate medical training which takes place outside direct clinical care, as well as research and/or management. These activities will be specifically and clearly identified, desired by the department, agreed with the successful candidate, and reviewed at annual job planning.

The Royal Alexandra Hospital is fully recognised for Basic Specialist Training and Higher Specialist Training in both Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. A board wide strategy identifies the priorities for clinical audit, and these have been considered in terms of national priorities, the objectives contained in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clydes Health Plan and the Services own priorities. All consultants are expected to participate in relevant departmental audit projects and provide education and training for our multidisciplinary team. Consultants will also be expected to participate in the running of the Critical Care Service on an informal daytoday basis.

In summary, the job plan would be for 10 PA's (8 DCC +2 SPA) with the successful candidate doing the following:

• 1 week in 13 covering daytime ICU
• 1 week in 12 covering daytime HDU
• Friday all day flexible theatre 32 times per year.
• Flexible all day theatre 10 times per year.
• On call for ICU 1 in 11

For more information, please contact: John Dickson, Consultant / Interim Clinical Director, 07415875973, John.dickson2@nhs.scot

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