Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is hiring a locum Consultant Anaesthetist. The role includes providing anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgeries, working alongside a dedicated team of professionals. Candidates need to have advanced anaesthetic training and leadership skills to ensure high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working options

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease schemes

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months experience in Anaesthesia in the UK.
• Ability to manage complicated patients for major surgery.
• Experience in teaching and training medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia services ensuring patient safety during surgery.
• Participate in clinical governance, teaching, research and supervising junior staff.
• Respond to emergency situations effectively.

Skills

Advanced Anaesthetic training

Leadership

Clinical decision making

Education

Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

GMC registered Medical Practitioner

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a locum Consultant Anaesthetist to join a team of approximately 35 consultants at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust based at St Mary's and the Western Eye Hospitals.

Successful candidates will provide clinical services in anaesthesia, perioperative care, attending theatre and pre-operative assessment clinics as part of a team-based approach.

The post holder will provide both elective and emergency anaesthesia primarily in adults. On the St Mary's site, consultants are required to provide anaesthesia for children over the age of five (ASA 1 and 2) for emergency surgeries supported by dedicated paediatric anaesthetists where necessary.

St Mary's Hospital is one of the four London Major Trauma Centres with the anaesthetics service fully involved in all stages of the trauma pathway for adults and children. It has a general on-call rota set at 1:12. The Western Eye Hospital has 3 dedicated ophthalmic theatres with a mixture of local, sedation and general anaesthetic cases.

Main duties of the job

The jobs are paid as 10 PA per week for a whole-time contract - 9 DCC and 1 SPA.

9 PA per week of clinical activities including - pre-operative assessment clinics, elective and emergency theatre work, peri-operative medicine including acute pain and MDT meetings and on-call activity.

Work will mainly be spread over the five weekdays, but will include weekend and evening work.

1 PA per week of Supporting Professional Activities - including audit, clinical governance, teaching, research, educational supervision of junior staff and CPD.

On-call: There is a complement of 1:12 on the general on-call rota at St Mary's. There is a core training grade, junior and senior specialist trainee/fellows on site overnight and a separate paediatric anaesthetic on-call rota.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Job responsibilities

The post holders will work a 10 PA contract based at St Marys and the Western Eye Hospitals, joining an on-call rota set at 1:12.

We are looking for outstanding anaesthetists with a variety of subspecialty interests including neuroanaesthesia, obstetrics, major trauma, regional anaesthesia, ophthalmic anaesthesia and anaesthesia for vascular surgery.

St Marys hospital is one of the four London Major Trauma Centres with associated surgical specialties, a quaternary vascular service and a busy obstetric unit.

The successful applicant will become part of this busy department. The workload demands a flexible and responsive service to emergency and elective work within the operating theatre environment, emergency department and in remote sites.

In addition to a broad range of both elective and emergency clinical work, the post-holder will have ample opportunity to be involved in a fantastic range of research, teaching and training, governance and leadership opportunities.

For a full job description and person specification please see the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC registered Medical Practitioner
• Minimum 6 months experience in Anesthesia in the UK
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent.
• GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC's specialist register

Knowledge/ Skills

• Advanced Anaesthetic training in subspecialty areas relevant to job plan
• Able to take responsibility for clinical care of complicated patients for major surgery
• Training and/or significant experience in the management of patients for emergency surgery in the sub-specialty areas undertaken by the Trust including vascular surgery, major trauma and general work.

Leadership/ Management Skills

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Management of staff.

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit.

Academic achievements including publications

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements.

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.

Depending on experience£109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE