Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Trauma and General

Job responsibilities

St Georges Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a skilled and motivated Consultant Anaesthetist to join our dynamic Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute expertise in obstetric anaesthesia within a renowned healthcare institution.

The position attracts a total of 10 PAs 9 DCC and 1 SPA.

Applicants should have the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and have suitable experience as described in the person specification in the job plan description. They should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected CCT date at the time of interview. Applicants unable to work full time for personal reasons will be eligible to be considered for the post.Experience of NHS working practices and systems, (minimum one year working for the NHS) is essential.

This anaesthetic team at St Georges is a highly diverse and inclusive workforce of over 100 consultants providing expertise in a wide variety of anaesthetic subspecialties including Paediatrics, Neurosurgery, Cardio-thoracics, Intensive Care, Acute and Chronic Pain relief and academic positions in SGUL. There are over 60 trainees from South West London School of Anaesthesiaand clinical fellows who rotate through the anaesthesia subspecialties.

This is a great opportunity to join our award-winning anaesthetic department, which is a highly diverse and inclusive workforce of approx. 100 consultants providing expertise in a wide variety of anaesthetic subspecialties including Paediatrics, Neurosurgery, Cardio-thoracic, Intensive Care, Acute and Chronic Pain relief and academic positions in SGUL. There are over 60 trainees fromSt Georges School of Anaesthesia and clinical fellows who rotate through the anaesthesia subspecialties. We actively encourage our colleagues to pursue the diverse range of opportunities that arise within the department, the Trust, medical school and South Thames School of Anaesthesia. Several colleagues have held national leadership roles.

Qualifications

Essential

• Holder of Certificate of completion of training (CCT) training in Anaesthesia or equivalent, within six months of interview
• FRCA or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• A minimum of 2 years experience of working in the NHS
• A minimum of 1 years continuous experience as a Consultant Anaesthetist (locum or substantive)

Desirable

• MSc, PhD or similar

Experience

Essential

• Publications in peer reviewed literature
• Publications in book chapters or poster presentations at conference
• Publications in journals and/or letters published
• Presentations at national/international confrences
• Presentations at departmental/ hospital level/ grand rounds

Desirable

• Research experience example

Skills - clinical

Essential

• Advanced airways skills (completion of airway fellowship)
• Advanced regional skills (including nerve catheters)
• General subspecialties including vascular
• Major trauma and ortho

Desirable

• TIVA techniques

Skills - teaching

Essential

• Evidence to show teaching junior anaesthetic colleagues
• Evidence to show teaching consultant colleauges
• evidence to show teaching nursing staff/odps/MDT
• evidence to show teaching medical students
• evidence of teaching in a simulation centre
• post grad teaching qulification

Desirable

• Award or prizes for presentations delivered or other aspects of medical career

Skills - IT

Essential

• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Designing infographics / posters

Skills - resus

Essential

• resus certification: current ALS or similar not iLS
• Resus certification: current paeds resus (APLS or similar)
• European trauma course

Desirable

• Resus instructor, current or experience in resus courses

Leadership

Essential

• Management role model
• On call managment
• course/ conference organiser
• trainee rep or similar
• lead role in established service or developing service
• non clinical management experience

Desirable

• post grad qualification in leadership and management

well-being

Essential

• Evidence of projects / experience in supporting colleagues in well being and coping strategies
• Team player

Audit and QI

Essential

• Evidence of completion of audits and QI projects
• Evidence of leading clinical audits / implementing change, monitoring compliance
• awareness of service development issues

Personal qualities

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hobbies and interests outside of medicine
• MSF feedback within last three years
• Evidence of willingness to work flexibly

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).