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
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 and maintaining patient safety.
- Be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
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. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects and QIPs
- 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
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- 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
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