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Locum Consultant Anaesthetists X2

Full time at Kings College Hospital in United Kingdom
Posted on January 3, 2025

Job details

Main area: Anaesthesia Grade Locum Consultant - Anaesthesia Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week) Job ref: 213-MED-DH-6843644 Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type: NHS Site: Denmark Hill Town: London Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, excl. London Weighting Salary period: Yearly Closing: 15/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

The Department of Anaesthesia at King’s is one of the busiest in the country, giving approximately 45,000 anaesthetics per annum. It incorporates all major specialties including Intensive Care, Cardio-thoracic, Paediatrics, and Neurosurgery, as well as Chronic and Acute Pain relief. There is also an active Liver Transplantation Program for which King’s is world famous. King’s is part of the UK’s first Major Trauma system, becoming the Major Trauma centre for South East London.

Main duties of the job

The Department has approval to recruit into a fixed-term contract. We cover all major specialties and are therefore looking for an anaesthetist with an interest and additional experience in paediatrics, neuro, ophthalmology, perioperative medicine, and/or pain. Candidates with General Anaesthesia expertise that can provide the department with the flexibility to cover general sessions in Main Theatres, the Day Surgery Unit, and imaging departments are particularly welcomed. The department endeavours to accommodate any special interests that the post holder may have. The appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience. The post holder will be based mainly at the DH site but may work flexibly across the KCH sites. There will be 9 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder allocated for Supporting Professional Activities. The post holder will also provide cover for some evening and weekend lists on a rotation basis.

Minimum Requirements

Successful candidates will possess a registrable medical qualification (FRCA or equivalent) with Full Registration with GMC and will have either completed a subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia with CCT (and be on the Specialist Register), be within 6 months of completion, or will have equivalent experience.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year, and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close cooperation with, and support other clinical, medical professional, and managerial colleagues in providing high-quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
  • The provision of a first-class clinical service
  • Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
  • Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London
  • Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
  • Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
  • Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework; you will motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement
  • Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Division, or the Trust.

Person specification

Registration

  • Full Registration with GMC and within 6 months of completion of specialist training or equivalent experience

Training and Experience

  • Wide experience and accredited training in most aspects of anaesthesia and capable of delivering services appropriate to a large teaching hospital

Qualifications

  • Registerable medical qualification FRCA or equivalent
  • Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia with CCT (on the Specialist Register)

Administration

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of anaesthetic services in a busy NHS hospital
  • Familiar with the current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Research and Publications

  • Experience of clinical research
  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of anaesthesia

Teaching

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
  • Teaching skills course/qualification
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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