Consultant in Anaesthesia

We are seeking to recruit Consultant Anaesthetists to join our department at Hammersmith Hospital.

The Hammersmith Hospital provides complex cancer surgical services in the areas of gynaecology, endocrine, hepatobiliary and upper GI specialties and is a regional and national referral centre for these specialities. The Hammersmith Hospital is also a busy kidney and pancreas-kidney transplant centre. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to deliver peri-operative care to patients undergoing these complex and challenging procedures. This will include a fortnightly pre-assessment clinic for patients with renal failure who require surgery as well as assessment of complex patients being considered for kidney transplantation.

In addition to cancer cases, the Hammersmith Hospital is home to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre and performs around 200 kidney transplants per year. The successful candidate will participate in a fortnightly pre-assessment clinic for patients with chronic renal failure prior to undergoing surgery, and this will include assessment of high-risk, borderline cases being considered for activation on the kidney transplant waiting list.

The Hammersmith Hospital is also a cardiothoracic surgical centre, but the successful applicant will not be expected to deliver anaesthesia for open cardiac surgery. However, there is an expanding workload of electro-physiology procedures, and there will be opportunities to deliver sessions in these areas

Job description

The post holders will work a 10 PA contract based at Hammersmith Hospital joining an on-call rota set at 1:8.

We are looking for motivated candidates interested in anaesthesia for major general surgery and peri-operative medicine. The successful applicant will cover major general surgery lists which include hepatobiliary, upper GI, endocrine and major gynae-oncology surgery. The post will also include one day per week at St Marys Hospital undertaking anaesthesia for orthopaedic and plastics trauma surgery.

The successful applicant will become part of our busy department. The workload demands a flexible and responsive service to both emergency and elective work within the operating theatre environment.

In addition to a broad range of both elective and emergency clinical work, the post-holder will have ample opportunity to be involved in research, teaching and training, governance and leadership opportunities, as well as QI projects.

For a full job description and person specification please see the supporting documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Training and experience in anaesthesia for major general surgery including the specialist areas of HPB, endocrine, upper GI and renal surgery to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• Training and experience in the areas of perioperative medicine and pre-operative assessment to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• Training and experience in regional anaesthesia to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management Skills

Essential

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Management of staff.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets

Teaching & Training

Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff, genuine interest in trainee wellbeing

Audit

Essential

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit, QI project delivery and governance structures

Academic achievements including publications

Essential

• Evidence of achievement to Stage 3 training or equivalent

Language

Essential

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements.

About the employer

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.