University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Locum Consultant
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UHL is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population. We serve the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and specialist services over a much wider area.
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and highly motivated Locum Consultants in Anaesthesia to join our team at Leicester General Hospital within the University Hospitals of Leicester.
The Department of Anaesthesia at Leicester General Hospital provides comprehensive anaesthetic services to a wide range of specialties, including obstetrics, elective orthopaedics, elective gynaecology, urology, general surgery, day-case surgery, and the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
Leicester General Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for urology and delivers major urological and gynaecological robotic surgery. The Pain Management and Sleep Medicine services are also based at this site.
The recently opened East Midlands Planned Care Centre (EMPCC) is now fully operational, providing day-case and 23-hour care across a broad range of surgical specialties, including general surgery, urology, gynaecology, ENT, and ophthalmology. The hospital has a total of 18 operating theatres, including two located within the EMPCC.
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Responsibilities
- To provide Consultant Anaesthetic cover for anaesthesia, elective and emergency surgery at UHL including preoperative assessment and postoperative care.
- To participate in an Anaesthetic On-Call Rota and/or weekend emergency or trauma cover.
- To support the provision of consultant delivered perioperative care.
- Deliver a high quality anaesthetic service, supporting the department with a positive attitude towards flexible working.
- Supervise and train junior anaesthetists.
- Work with the acute pain team to provide safe and effective postoperative analgesia to patients.
- Take part in pre assessment and high risk clinics.
- Teaching Post-graduate and under-graduate, research and administration.
- Work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety.
- To work flexibly to help cover the workload of the CMG.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
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We Have Four Primary Goals
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Siby Sebastian
Job title: Deputy Head of Service LGH
Email address: Siby.sebastian@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0116 2584661
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