Locally Employed Doctor

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS Trust in London is seeking a career anaesthetist to enhance their clinical experience. The successful candidate will engage in educational initiatives while providing anaesthesia for a range of surgeries at Ealing Hospital. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years of experience in anaesthesia and a postgraduate qualification equivalent to FRCA. This role offers potential for flexible working arrangements and a supportive environment, contributing to a diverse patient community within a respected healthcare team.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive training environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Applicants must have worked in the NHS for at least 6 months.
• Candidates should have the ability to manage anaesthesia during various surgeries.
• Postgraduate qualifications matching FRCA are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support educational, management, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide anaesthesia during elective and emergency surgeries.
• Ensure patient safety and wellbeing by following Trust policies.

Skills

Experience in anaesthesia for ASA 1-3 patients

Postgraduate qualification equivalent to FRCA

Communication skills

Education

Minimum of 4 years' broad experience in anaesthesia

Job description

This post provides excellent opportunities for a career anaesthetist who wishes to gain further clinical experience, with potential to develop educational, management and quality improvement initiatives to support their own professional development (offering four days for supporting professional activity). The anaesthetic department is highly regarded in the region as a centre of excellence for anaesthetic educational initiatives, with a friendly reputation for supporting and training anaesthetic trainees and locally employed doctors. We have consultants with roles as Royal College of Anaesthetists examiners (including lead examiner) and London School of Anaesthesia training program directors. We desire our team to achieve their maximal potential! Many recent trainees have chosen to return as substantive consultants; locals have achieved FRCA, gained national training numbers and specialist registration via GMC portfolio pathway. We have recently set up a highly sought after CESR/portfolio pathway program.

The post is ideal for candidates who have a minimum of 4 years' broad experience in anaesthesia and have a postgraduate qualification equivalent to the FRCA (Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK). Experience in providing anaesthesia for ASA 1-3 patients requiring a range of surgery is essential. Candidates will need to have worked in the NHS for at least 6 months to be eligible to apply.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment, and staff will need to give consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

As part of our commitment to Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; please speak to us about flexible working arrangements, whether that is job share, part time or another pattern. We are willing to accommodate where it works for the service.

The Trust is the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) caring for people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serves 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). 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, including a 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for the appointee to work in a major NW London NHS trust, with a reputation for educational excellence within a friendly and supportive culture! The post is based at Ealing Hospital theatres, which is one of three sites within our trust (Northwick Park,aling, and Central Middlesex Hospitals). Successful candidates will further their experience in a range of surgical subspecialties, to include elective and emergency upper & lower general surgery, orthopaedics/trauma, gynaecology, endoscopy, and dental surgery. The upper GI service has recently expanded, providing increased capacity for surgery such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy and an upper GI hub is planned for the near future. There is a dedicated emergency/trauma theatre list 24/7, with weekday consultant cover. In addition, the department provides an outreach service for ECT and for DC cardioversions in the Coronary Care Unit. Potential opportunities to work at Northwick Park Hospital site to broaden this case mix, to include major head & neck, vascular, obstetrics, urology and major colorectal surgery.