St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Consultant Anaesthetists Three General Posts and Two Posts with an interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia Consultant Anaesthetists, September 2020 This Post Title Consultant Anaesthetists Location Whiston Hospital Type of post Replacement & New Posts Accountable to Divisional Medical Director , Dr Sam Pedder Reports to Clinical Director, Dr Paul Atherton Job Summary This post is for a Consultant Anaesthetists. The posts are available on a whole time/less than full time and job share basis as appropriate (10 PAs). These posts offer exciting opportunities for five highly motivated anaesthetists to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals. Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment. Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following: 1) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) 2) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application) Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK or equivalent qualifications). St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust A £338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state of the art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital. The Trust provides a full range of acute inpatient, outpatient, day case and emergency services to local communities of St Helens, Knowsley, parts of Halton and Liverpool. The Regional Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit also extends its services to the whole of Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Man. As a Trust, our aim is to provide a high quality service to all patients. We strive to meet the best standards for professional care whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Our valued workforce is recognised for their unique skills and talents with our teams of experts winning national awards on a regular basis. Whiston Hospital Whiston Hospital a busy teaching hospital which provides a comprehensive range of acute Medical and Surgical Services, Emergency Services, Maternity Services, Paediatrics and Consultant Anaesthetists, September 2020 Medicine for Older People. The Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Units are also based on this site. There is a Critical Care Unit consisting of ICU, HDU, CCU and an onsite Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. The stroke consultants deliver 24/7 thrombolysis to eligible patients presenting with acute stroke. There is a 30-bed Stroke Unit which accommodates both acute stroke patients and those with rehabilitation needs. St Helens Hospital St Helens Hospital is an Ambulatory Care Centre providing Intermediate Care and Day Surgery. Rheumatology, Dermatology and Diabetes services are based on this site and within easy reach of other acute specialties at Whiston Hospital. Our Achievements The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission. Our latest achievements include: Trust of the Year (HSJ) – November 2019 Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC – March 2019 Best in the NHS, Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment 2017 and 2018 The Trust achieved top marks in the country for areas including; cleanliness, food, privacy and dignity, facilities for patients living with dementia and disabilities, conditions, appearance and maintenance of the hospital buildings. Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal) Best acute Trust in England (NHS Staff Survey 2017 and 2018) Best Patient Experience in the NHS (CHKS Top Hospitals Awards 2015) In the NHS Staff Survey 2019 the Trust scored the highest marks in the following areas; Best place to receive treatment in the NHS (for 2nd year running) Top Acute Trust for treating its staff fairly with regards to career progression (for 3rd year running) Quality of care (best score for 5th year running) Staff engagement (best score for 4th year running) Staff morale (best score for 2nd year running) Bullying and harassment (best score for 2nd year running) Safety culture (best score for 2nd year running) Our staff rated our Trust as the best place to work and receive treatment. The Trust has also been recognised, for the third year running, as being the top acute Trust in the entire country for staff engagement, staff motivation, and pride in the quality of care we provide to patients. The Trust’s cancer services were also rated as the fourth best in the country by the Macmillan Cancer Patient Experience Survey in 2014. The Trust is consistently chosen as one of 40 acute trusts in the top 100 best places to work in NHS (as published by Health Service Journal). It is one of the most sought after teaching venues for medical students from the University of Liverpool and is a popular choice for the University’s graduates ensuring a succession of high quality enthusiastic trainees. Consultant Anaesthetists, September 2020 Life in Merseyside Merseyside, which includes the great city of Liverpool, is within easy reach of North Wales, the Lake District and the Peak District and provides an interesting mix of rural and urban life. Liverpool is a vibrant, music city which has undergone a renaissance in recent years and has recently been named European City of Culture. High quality schools are available in Liverpool, Wirral and Rainhill areas. The area has many sports facilities including championship golf courses, several sailing clubs and one of the finest windsurfing venues in Britain. ‘Merseysiders’ are renowned for their friendliness and quick-witted humour and the region sports two of the finest football teams in the Premier League. The town of St Helens is renowned for its glassworks and rugby. The district has a population of around 340,000 and is of mixed residential, industrial and rural character. It is situated on the edge of Merseyside, between the open countryside of Cheshire to the south and Lancashire to the north. Manchester City Centre is a short 23 miles from Whiston Hospital; accesses to motorway networks are a short 5 minute drive (including M62 and M6). Both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals are within easy reach of the City of Liverpool (20 minutes by car), and access to motorway networks (including M62, M6, M57 and M58) is also convenient. Department of Anaesthesia, Surgical Care Division The Department provides anaesthetic services for elective surgery in: General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burns Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Gynaecology. It also provides emergency anaesthetic cover for these services on a 24 – hour basis. There are presently in excess of 14 orthopaedic trauma lists, 10 daytime plastic surgery trauma lists, and 10 daytime sessions available primarily for urgent general surgical and emergency cases. There are also all-day orthopaedic trauma lists on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The Department also provides a 24 – hour epidural service for analgesia during labour, and a 24 – hour anaesthetic service for obstetric emergencies including caesarean sections. Surgery in the Trust is undertaken on both the Whiston Hospital and St Helens Hospital sites. These are approximately 15 minutes’ drive apart. Whiston Hospital Main Theatre – 12 Theatres Delivery Suite – 2 Theatres Paediatric Dental Suite – 1 Theatre Radiology (CT & MRI) – 1 GA Suite Cardiology – 1 GA Suite Psychiatry – 1 GA Suite (Whiston Site but separate Trust) St Helens Hospital Day Case Unit – 6 Theatres Consultant Anaesthetists, September 2020 The workload is approximately 25,000 procedures per annum. The Department of Anaesthesia, with these post-holders, will comprise 40 whole time consultants and 6 less than full time consultants. There are also an Associate Specialist, 5 Staff Grades and 15 Specialist Trainees. Medical Staff 1. Dr Desmond Paul Lindsay Atherton Clinical Director – Anaesthesia. Additional Roles: Educational Supervisor. Interests: Orthopaedics, Day case Surgery 2. Dr Konstantin Anatolevich Levshankov Clinical Lead: Pain Medicine, Ophthalmic Anaesthesia. Additional Roles: Medicine Management Committee – Member. 3. Dr Yick-Meng Andrew Wong Additional Roles: Educational Supervisor. Interests: Plastic & Reconstructive Anaesthetics, Paediatric Anaesthetics, Educationalist. 4. Dr Scott Alexander David Miller Clinical Lead: Emergency Anaesthesia, Audit, Trauma, Enhanced Recovery in general surgery, and Undergraduate Education Interests: Regional Anaesthesia. 5. Dr Helen Alexandra Binns 6. Dr Samantha Jane Pedder Divisional Director – Surgical Care Pre-op assessment, Gynaecology. 7. Dr John Magnus King Additional Roles: Educational Supervisor, Senior Lecturer – University. Interests: Obstetric Anaesthetists, Educationalist Consultant On Call Rota Facilitator 8. Dr Sanjay Behl Clinical