Consultant in Anaesthesia with Interest in Neurosurgical Anaesthesia

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist dedicated to Neurosurgical Anaesthesia. Responsibilities include providing pre-operative assessments, anaesthesia, and follow-up care. The candidate should have wide experience in anaesthesia in the UK and a strong emphasis on teamwork and patient safety. The position offers a competitive package and fosters an environment for clinical growth and cross-site collaboration.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in undertaking anaesthesia in the UK.
• Registration with the General Medical Council or eligible for registration.
• Experience in Neurosurgical or Paediatric Anaesthesia is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-operative assessment, anaesthesia, and follow-up care.
• Maintain high standards of patient care and departmental management.
• Participate in clinical audits and research initiatives.

Skills

Neurological anaesthesia

Team collaboration

Clinical audit participation

Research initiatives

Education

MB ChB or MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Job description

The Trust seeks to appoint a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Neurosurgical Anaesthesia. This is a whole-time position, and the new appointee will share the caseload, facilities, and trainee grade support with the existing consultants.

While the main intention of this position is to meet the requirements of Neurosurgical theatre's there is the potential for the successful candidate to utilise the flexible theatre element of the rota to undertake Neuro IR theatre lists which does include a thrombectomy service all of which can be explored further at interview.

The post is whole time post of 10pa's and offers 8.5 programmed activities (PAs), and 1.5 SPA.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide pre-operative assessment, anaesthesia, and follow-up. He/she will be expected to introduce and apply new techniques as appropriate and to take a share of the general work of the department, including cover for consultant colleagues where practical.

Main duties of the job

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals. The appointee will take his/her share of clinical responsibilities within the Department of anaesthesia. This will include provision for perioperative assessment. In addition to duties within sub-speciality, the appointee will be required to provide anaesthesia for adult patients in all specialties as appropriate to his/her training and experience.

• Develop a team with a strong emphasis on delivering a cross-site service.
• Post-holders will be required to work on each site.
• Comply with your agreed job plan, which is reviewed annually.

As a Consultant at BHRUT the post involves prospective on-call duties which attracts 1.25PAs with a 5% uplift due to frequency of 1:10 with planned weekends which will include provision for adults as well as neonatal to teenage patients. The on-call is run in tandem with a second consultant due to the 2 hospital sites and the on-call rota stipulates which site you cover on each date across the year.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A& E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Deputise in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave and (where practicable) short-term sickness.
• Contribute (in co-operation with the Audit Committee) on a regular basis to the clinical audit process undertaken within the Trust, and where appropriate at a broader regional level.
• Encourage and participate in appropriate research initiatives approved by the local Ethical Committee. Experience in research and audit is advantageous.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current anaesthetic procedures.
• Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Attend departmental meetings.
• Support the Divisional Director, Specialty Leads and other professional colleagues in the management of the department to ensure the maintenance of high standards, a good quality of patient care and the development of the service within the Clinical Governance framework.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• Wide experience in undertaking anaesthesia in the UK.

Desirable

• Record of regular attendance at National Specialty Meetings
• Experience of Neurosurgical or Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Higher Medical Degree (MD or MSc)