Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Cardiothoracic

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in City Of London seeks a Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Cardiac Anaesthesia. The role involves joining the on-call rota, providing anaesthetic services in cardiac surgery, and offering sessions in a teaching hospital environment. Applicants should have MBBS and FRCA qualifications and experience in a cardio-thoracic centre. This flexible position includes collaborative responsibilities with other consultants, contributing to high standards in patient care.

Qualifications

• Full registration with GMC or eligible if currently working overseas.
• Experience of working in a cardio-thoracic centre/Fellowship.
• Competent in thoracic anaesthesia and regional blocks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver anaesthetic sessions in a teaching hospital environment.
• Maintain flexibility and skill level across multiple specialty lists.
• Collaborate with consultant colleagues in providing internal cover.

Skills

Ability to organise and prioritise

Excellent presentation skills

Ability to lead Service Development

Flexibility in working

Education

MBBS and FRCA or equivalent

Higher Degree (MD/PHD/Diploma relevant to job)

Job description

Overview

Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Cardiac Anaesthesia. The closing date is 10 October 2025.

Applications are invited for a locum consultant with an interest in Cardiac Anaesthesia. The post is for 10PAs and the post holder will join the Cardiothoracic on-call rota. The post holder will have sessions in cardiac surgery and in general theatres. The post additionally includes annualised sessions which can be used to maintain flexibility and skill level across multiple specialty lists. Annualised sessions are performed when needed by the department and chosen by the individual.

Main duties of the job

The main clinical duties will be in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiac catheter labs. The role will also offer the opportunity to deliver anaesthetic sessions in a wider teaching hospital environment and to maintain skills outside cardiothoracic anaesthesia.

Cardiac theatre days start at 07:30am until 19:30 (3.17PA). Thoracic theatre days start at 07:30 am and run until 19:00 (3.0 PA). All other day sessions start at 08:00 until 18:00; 10 hours which equates to 2.5PA. Half day sessions are 5 hours which equates to 1.25PA. The flexi cardiac sessions, work on a rotation with all cardiac anaesthetist through cardiac, thoracic and cath lab or general lists. The post holder is expected to work these sessions on a flexible annualized basis

The consultant on-call rota is a 1 in 7 with prospective cover and is for cardiothoracic anaesthesia only. The post holder is expected to liaise with their Consultant colleagues in providing internal cover for annual, study and professional leave, sick leave and this may require some flexibility in the post holder\'s hours.

The post holder is expected to be flexible both in terms of session and day of the week. The above job plan may be subject to change depending upon the needs of the service

The consultant will be required to undertake the clinical, educational and management duties specified below. The demands of the anaesthetic department mean that close and on-going collaboration with consultant colleagues is required.

About us

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George\'s Hospital in Tooting - one of the country\'s principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George\'s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George\'s Hospital also hosts the St George\'s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

St George\'s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. Many tertiary services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together doctors, nurses and other clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients. These include the South London Cardiac and Stroke Network and the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St George\'s Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre

Job responsibilities

Please see main job description and person specification.

Enquiries about the post may be directed to Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim (Lead Cardiac Anaesthetist) or Dr Rene Suite(Care Group Lead) on 0208 725 0051.

Informal discussions are welcomed

The job description, job plan and person specification is subject to change.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full registration (or within 3 months of) and license to practice with GMC or eligible if currently working overseas in Cardiac Anaesthesia
• MBBS and FRCA or equivalent
• Experience of working in a cardio-thoracic centre/Fellowship
• Competent in intraoperative TOE as applied to cardiac surgery. TOE accreditation achieved or accreditation in progress
• Previous experience of working in NHS
• Competent in thoracic anaesthesia and regional blocks applicable to the speciality

Experience

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
• Wide experience and a high level of competence in a broad range of anaesthetic procedures and techniques
• Wide experience and active pursuit of anaesthetic sub-specialty work in cardiothoracic anaesthesia
• Undertaken clinical or non-clinical service improvement initiatives including audit
• Implementing change and monitoring compliance
• An understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance
• Understanding and involvement in Risk Management
• Incident reporting and M&M review
• Higher Degree (MD/PHD/Diploma relevant to job)
• Academic distinction or prizes
• Further postgraduate qualifications

Skills

• Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate and manage
• Ability to take a lead role in Service Development
• Willingness to work flexibly to accommodate demands of clinical and non-clinical work
• Ability to work productively in multidisciplinary teams both as team leader and as team member
• Have an ability to develop rapport with and discuss treatment options in a way they can understand
• Have an ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, and negotiate widely.
• Under-graduate, post-graduate and non-medical staff
• Evidence of excellent presentation skills
• Evidence of training in teaching or higher teaching qualification
• Course attendance, recognised training or post graduate qualification in management
• Working as part of a management team or experience of committee work

Knowledge

• Awareness of own personal development needs
• Ability to organise own learning and time - keep up to date with CPD (e.g. course attendance)
• Understand principles and applications of clinical research
• Ability to perform comprehensive literature search
• AAGBI/RCoA standards and guidelines
• Measuring outcomes after cardiac surgery in the UK
• Interest and participation in research in anaesthesia

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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