Consultant in Anaesthesia

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Harrow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust seeks three substantive Consultants in Anaesthetics with a broad interest in perioperative care. The role involves delivering anaesthetic services across multiple hospital sites and participating in a 1:12 cross-site on-call rota with remuneration.

The department emphasises collaboration and teaching within a university teaching NHS trust. Applicants should have training and interest in Peri-Operative Medicine, with involvement in HiRAC and

Qualifications

• Training and interest in Peri-Operative Medicine is desirable and essential for Job Plan 1

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of emergency operating as required
• Direct supervision of obstetric anaesthesia as required
• Direct operational management of evening emergency lists and weekend emergency lists
• Weekend review of PACU patients as required

Job description

We are seeking three substantive Consultants in Anaesthetics with a general interest. Successful candidates will join a collaborative and forward-thinking department that delivers a wide range of anaesthetic services across our three main hospital sites.

Theatre lists will be at either Ealing, Central Middlesex or Northwick Park sites. Participation in a 1:12 (weekday and weekend) cross-site (Northwick Park and Ealing sites) on-call rota is required. Current on-call is remunerated at 1PA and attracts a 3% availability supplement.

• Direct supervision of emergency operating as required
• Direct supervision of obstetric anaesthesia as required
• Direct operational management of evening emergency lists and weekend emergency lists
• Weekend review of PACU patients as required

Preoperative Assessment (POA): We are reconfiguring our POA service so that it will become a single sub-specialty under the heading of Peri-Operative Medicine, within the Anaesthetic/Critical Care directorate. It will be desirable for applicants to have training, experience and interest in this field – essential for Job Plan 1. This new service will provide access to standardised high quality perioperative care for patients across all surgical specialties. It will have dedicated nursing teams aligned with specific surgical specialties who have received training and support from physicians, anaesthetists and intensivists to achieve agreed upon competencies using standardised templates. High Risk Anaesthetic Clinics (HiRAC) will be delivered alongside physician colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team including physios, pharmacists and dieticians.

Paediatrics: on call and CEPOD activity at NPH involves a significant Paediatric cohort, frequently requiring acute management and transport to more specialist units via the local Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS). NPH also houses a small Paediatric HDU with capacity to care for a maximum of two patients with established tracheostomies/long-term ventilation.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We Run Major Acute Services At

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Maninder Khasriya Job title: Consultant Anaesthetist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07878145541