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
- Provide a service for Anaesthesia, including 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.
- 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.
- 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 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, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
- 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.
Registration
- Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia
- Eligible to apply for a Substantive Consultant post.
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.
- 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.
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 and experience in audit projects.
Research and Publications
- Experience of clinical research and relevant research experience in anaesthesia.
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Teaching
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
- Teaching qualification.
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