Main area: Anaesthesia
Grade: Locum Consultant
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week)
Job ref: 213-MED-DH-6611424
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: 22/09/2024 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£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 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
This is a maternity leave cover Consultant post. The postholder will have significant involvement in the delivery of cardiac anaesthesia both during daytime cover and as part of the cardiac consultant on-call rota. The department covers most anaesthesia specialities, and a dynamic individual with supplementary interests would be welcomed.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
- 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. 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 specialty. 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 specialty 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. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.
- 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
- Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia or within 6 months of completion or equivalent experience.
- On the specialist register.
Training and Experience
- Wide experience and accredited training in most aspects of anaesthesia including cardiothoracic surgery and capable of delivering services appropriate to a large teaching hospital (e.g. maxillo-facial surgery and Day Surgery).
- Advanced cardiac training/fellowship and experience in TOE (transoesophageal echocardiography).
- Experience of delivering Anaesthesia at Consultant level and supervising junior colleagues within that capacity.
- Accreditation in TOE (transoesophageal echocardiography).
Administration
- Experience in day to day organisation of Pain and Anaesthetic services in a busy NHS Hospital.
Management and Leadership
- Experience in day to day organisation of anaesthetic services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
- Management course and/or qualification.
Audit
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
- Organisation of Audit/Journal Clubs and Morbidity & Mortality Meetings.
Research and Publications
- Experience of clinical research.
- Publication of relevant peer reviewed papers in the field of Anaesthesia/ transplantation.
Teaching
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
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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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