Main area: Anaesthesia
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent: Substantive
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours Per Week)
Job ref: 213-MED-DH-6596482
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Denmark Hill
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Including London Zone Allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/09/2024 23:59
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 15,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
Department of Anaesthesia
Substantive Consultant Anaesthetist
Full-time 10 PAs
The post will be based mainly at the Denmark Hill site but may be required to work flexibly across the KCH sites (DH, PRUH, QMS & Orpington). There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities worked over an average of 3.5 days (this might include covering the transplant on call with a 1:8 frequency which attracts a 5% uplift).
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.
Main duties of the job
These are replacement Consultant posts. The post holders will have broad interests including anaesthesia for adults undergoing high-risk surgery; experience in regional, vascular and/or trauma management is desirable. The postholder will have significant involvement in the delivery of emergency anaesthesia both during daytime cover and as part of the general consultant on-call rota. The department covers most anaesthesia specialties, and a dynamic individual with supplementary interests would be welcomed.
It is envisaged that the appointees will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD; Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
Detailed job description and main 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.
- 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.
- Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s 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 department’s/ Division’s Business Plan.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for anaesthesia services.
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
- 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.
- 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.
General Information
- You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
- You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
- You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
- You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
- The post-holder has an important responsibility for infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
- All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account.
- This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive.
Person specification
Qualifications
- FRCA or equivalent
- Masters degree or equivalent.
- Additional qualifications/diplomas in specialist areas for example, Perioperative Medicine, Trauma Sciences or Regional Anaesthesia
Registration
- Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia
- Eligible to apply for a Substantive Consultant post – CCT or within 6 months of completion
Training and Experience
- Wide experience in delivery of anaesthesia for general, major/high risk surgery and trauma/cepod surgery
- Award of CCT or equivalent.
- Experience of delivering anaesthesia independently and supervising junior colleagues within that capacity.
- Major trauma management experience
- Experience in high-risk obstetrics
- Pre-assessment and perioperative medicine experience
- Additional training/fellowship in a specialist area
Administration
- Experience in day to day organisation of anaesthetic services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Familiar with 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
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
- Management course and/or qualification
Research and Publications
- Experience of clinical research
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of anaesthesia
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Teaching
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
- Teaching qualification
- Experience of Teaching PROMPT
IMPORTANT
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- To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
- Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
- Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
- Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly
King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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