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
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.
- 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
- 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.
- Advanced cardiac training/fellowship and experience in TOE (transoesophageal echocardiography).
- Experience of delivering Anaesthesia at Consultant level and supervising junior colleagues.
- 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.
- Management course and/or qualification.
Audit
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
- 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.
IMPORTANT
- Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you.
- If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.
- 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.
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications.
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.
Name: Dr Rafal Sowa
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email address:
For further information or informal visits, please contact:
Dr Rafal Sowa or Dr Kiran Singh, Clinical Leads for Cardiac Anaesthesia, by email ( or ) or by telephone, 020 3299 3514.
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