Locum Consultant Anaesthetist in General with Cardiothoracic

Job title:

Locum Consultant Anaesthetist in General with Cardiothoracic

Company

British Medical Journal

Job description

Applications are invited to apply for a position as a locum consultant general anaesthetist. Main interests include cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and perioperative medicine.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will carry out their duties as a full-time Consultant Anaesthetist. The role will also offer the opportunity to deliver Anaesthetic sessions in a wider teaching hospital environment.About usWith over 9000 staff, St George’s Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in Southwest London. In 2022 St George’s became part of the George’s Epsom St Helier group (GESH) with neighbouring Epsom St Helier Trust to form one of the largest hospital and healthcare groups in the country, providing high quality healthcare for the population of South West London and Surrey borders. Our main site, St George’s Hospital – 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.A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together 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 description
Job responsibilitiesApplications are invited for a locum consultant general anaesthetist. Main interests include cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. This is a full time post at 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5PAs for SPA in support of personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal and revalidation. There is potential to increase job planned hours to beyond 10PAs, should this be desirable.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 with a licence to practice. Experience of NHS working practices and systems is essential. The essential qualifications need to be met, in order to be shortlisted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.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-thoracics, Intensive Care, Acute and Chronic Pain relief and academic positions in SGUL. There are over 60 trainees from St Georges School of Anaesthesiaand 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.Person Specification
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
• Holder of Certificate for Transthoracic echo

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
• Fellowship in Cardiothoracics
• Fellowship in Advanced Airway
• Paediatric Anaesthetic experience

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

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

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Expected salary

£105504 – 139882 per year

Location

Tooting, South West London

Job date

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:02:05 GMT

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