Job responsibilities
This is a replacement Consultant post. The post holder will have significant involvement in the delivery of paediatric/neonatal anaesthesia both during daytime cover and as part of the paediatric consultant on-call rota. The department covers most anaesthesia specialities, and a dynamic individual with supplementary interests would be welcomed.
It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.
The remit of the post holder will be to work flexibly within the multidisciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients requiring anaesthesia. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Anaesthetic Department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.
Paediatric anaesthesia at King's College Hospital
The paediatric anaesthetic group at Kings is a close group of supportive colleagues who strive for the best care for their patients. There is frequent collaborative working, and active involvement in local governance, local and national audit and research.
The paediatric anaesthetists support a wide range of paediatric surgical and diagnostic services at Denmark Hill. These reflect our supra-regional specialities e.g. paediatric liver transplantation and hepatobiliary work, together with the regional sub-speciality of paediatric neurosurgery. Cases undertaken by the paediatric neurosurgical team include intracranial tumour resections, CSF shunt surgery, foramen magnum decompression, auditory brainstem implants and surgical management of epilepsy, The Harris Birth Right Trust is based at Kings College hospital and provides an antenatal diagnosis service, and hence this leads to a large volume of neonatal surgery being undertaken at the hospital and represents a significant percentage of the paediatric anaesthetic work at Kings.
We also provide anaesthesia for elective and urgent orthopaedic, maxillofacial, ophthalmology and general surgery. We run daily paediatric neuro imaging lists, thrice weekly paediatric liver biopsy lists, as well as endoscopy and day surgery units,. Since the designation of Kings as a major trauma centre we have also been involved in the treatment of paediatric major trauma. The paediatric anaesthetists also provide an acute pain service with a dedicated paediatric pain nurse and consultant cover. The paediatric anaesthetists run a paediatric pre-assessment service with appropriate nursing assistance.
We work closely with the neonatologists, paediatric hepatologists, gastroenterologists and paediatric surgeons and are involved in regular multidisciplinary meetings. We also have close links with the Paediatric Intensivists as two of our number also work on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
Consultants:
- Dr. Andrew Blevin
- Dr. Mariangela Giombini
- Dr. Alison Goodwin
- Dr. Chula Goonasekera
- Dr. Omar Hussain
- Dr. Cathie Hill
- Dr. Meera Kurup (on sabbatical until Jan 23)
- Dr. Malcolm Mathew
- Dr. Emily Saffer
- Dr. Sanjay Saika
- Dr. Asme Sheikh
- Dr. Natasha Woodman
PURPOSE OF JOB
The post will be based mainly at Denmark Hill site and the proposed 10 PA Job Plan is attached. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the 1 PA being allocated for Supporting Professional Activity (CPD) and 0.5 SPA for new consultant development. In discussion with your department, further SPA may be allocated from team job planning for educational activities. Research time would normally be supported through external funding and or successful application for green shoots funding.
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:8 or 1:9 frequency rota non-resident paediatric consultant on-call, classed as Category A which attracts a 5% or 3% uplift.
All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trusts sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trusts patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following: -
- The provision of a first class clinical service
- Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality
- Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with Kings College London / KHP
- Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies
- Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans
- Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the speciality, the Division or the Trust
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Together with the other Consultants to provide a service for Anaesthesia This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.
- Shared responsibility with the other Consultants for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
- Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team.
- Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
- Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the departments/ Divisions Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for anaesthesia services.
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the speciality. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the speciality is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
- Undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional/departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
- Be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department.
Kings is a key partner in one of London's foremost Academic Health Science Centres, King's Health Partners (KHP). KHP is one of only six Department of Health-designated AHSCs in England. It brings together a world-leading research-led university Kings College London and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts: Kings College Hospital, Guys and St Thomas, and South London and Maudsley.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our dedicated workforce and join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation for innovation and the desire to make a difference.
You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent to be eligible for interview.
The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years), therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
AAC Interview Date: 16th June 2022
