Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (6 month renewable contract up to 2 years in total)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PA)
- Job ref
- 289-PCD-LCON-0350
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust - CW site
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Salary is dependant on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant - Paediatric and Adult Anaesthetist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated consultant to join our department. This will be a 6 month renewable contract up to 2 years in total. The successful candidate will cover general and paediatric theatre lists as well as burns theatre. The candidate will participate in the on-call rota 1:12 band A, once fully orientated to the department.
Main duties of the job
This is a full time post of 10PA, divided into 9PA direct clinical care (DCC) and 1 PA supporting professional activities (SPA). Theatre sessions are typically delivered flexibly across the weekdays, although the department may be able to accommodate some requests with regards to a fixed element to the work pattern. Some Theatre sessions will be delivered on weekends.
Separate on-call rotas are operated for general (including labour ward), paediatric anaesthesia and Intensive Care.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The expectation is that the Trust and the post holder will work together to benefit the patients, and individuals will view the job plan as a guide which may be amended in line with service changes. The formulation of a job plan should not prevent a flexible approach to work to ensure the efficient running of the department.
The Trust will aim wherever possible to keep the job plan activity to a minimum consistent with achieving the best quality patient care and ensuring that members of staff work in accordance with the European Working Time Regulations. Job plans in excess of 10 PAs will be subject to annual review to ensure that all activity contained in the job plan is clinically and organisationally necessary.
Proposed initial job plan:
This is a full time post of 10 PA, divided into 9 PA direct clinical care and 1 PA supporting professional activities. SPA time is given to support personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal, governance and quality improvement activities as required for successful appraisal.
The Post holder will provide clinical care in Paediatric and adult Anaesthesia on theatre lists, endoscopy, and radiology and in burns theatre, including weekend lists.
We are supportive of Less Than Full Time working in the department and would be open to discussion with the preferred candidate if they wished for LTFT working pattern.
Person specification
Trust values
Essential criteria
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- FRCA or equivalent
- CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent (on or within 6 months of inclusion on Specialist register at time of interview)
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree
- Teaching Qualification
- Management Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in high-risk emergency surgery
- Experience in high risk orthopaedics and trauma
- Advanced Training in Paediatric Anaesthesia
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Burns anaesthesia
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Experience in Bariatric surgery
- Previous consultant-level experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Involvement in Governance and patient safety
- Highly organised, self –motivated, track record of achievement
Desirable criteria
- Development and delivery of an Education programme
- Understanding and involvement in service development
- Implementation of Quality Improvement processes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anila Qato
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
To arrange an informal visit or any query please contact Mrs Anila Qato
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