Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 200-SNCT712895-6912006-JT2
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Anaesthetist in General with Cardiothoracic
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Applications are invited to apply for a position as a locum consultant general anaesthetist. Main interests include cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and perioperative medicine.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out their duties as a full-time Consultant Anaesthetist. The role will also offer the opportunity to deliver Anaesthetic sessions in a wider teaching hospital environment.
Working for our organisation
With over 9000 staff, St George’s Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in Southwest London. In 2022 St George’s became part of the George’s Epsom St Helier group (GESH) with neighbouring Epsom St Helier Trust to form one of the largest hospital and healthcare groups in the country, providing high quality healthcare for the population of South West London and Surrey borders. Our main site, St George’s Hospital – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients. These include the South London Cardiac and Stroke Network and the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St George’s Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications are invited for a locum consultant general anaesthetist. Main interests include cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. This is a full time post at 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5PAs for SPA in support of personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal and revalidation. There is potential to increase job planned hours to beyond 10PA’s, should this be desirable.
Applicants should have the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and have suitable experience as described in the person specification in the job plan description. They should be on the GMC Specialist Register with a licence to practice. Experience of NHS working practices and systems is essential. The essential qualifications need to be met, in order to be shortlisted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This is a great opportunity to join our award-winning anaesthetic department, which is a highly diverse and inclusive workforce of approx 100 consultants providing expertise in a wide variety of anaesthetic subspecialties including Paediatrics, Neurosurgery, Cardio-thoracics, Intensive Care, Acute and Chronic Pain relief and academic positions in SGUL. There are over 60 trainees from St George’s School of Anaesthesia and clinical fellows who rotate through the anaesthesia subspecialties. We actively encourage our colleagues to pursue the diverse range of opportunities that arise within the department, the Trust, medical school and South Thames School of Anaesthesia. Several colleagues have held national leadership roles.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Holder of Certificate of completion of training (CCT) training in Anaesthesia or equivalent, within six months of interview
- FRCA or equivalent
- Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview.
- A minimum of 2 years experience of working in the NHS
- A minimum of 1 years continuous experience as a Consultant Anaesthetist (locum or substantive)
Desirable criteria
- MSc, PhD or similar
- Holder of Certificate for Transthoracic echo
Experience
Essential criteria
- Publications in peer reviewed literature
- Publications in book chapters or poster presentations at conference
- Publications in journals and/or letters published
- Presentations at national/international confrences
- Presentations at departmental/ hospital level/ grand rounds
Desirable criteria
- Research experience example
Skills - clinical
Essential criteria
- Advanced airways skills (completion of airway fellowship)
- Advanced regional skills (including nerve catheters)
- General subspecialties including vascular
- Major trauma and ortho
- Fellowship in Cardiothoracics
- Fellowship in Advanced Airway
- Paediatric Anaesthetic experience
Desirable criteria
- TIVA techniques
Skills - teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence to show teaching junior anaesthetic colleagues
- Evidence to show teaching consultant colleauges
- evidence to show teaching nursing staff/odps/MDT
- evidence to show teaching medical students
- evidence of teaching in a simulation centre
- post grad teaching qulification
- Awards or prizes for presentations delivered or other aspects of medical career
Desirable criteria
- Award or prizes for presentations delivered or other aspects of medical career
Skills - IT
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Designing infographics / posters
Skills - resus
Essential criteria
- resus certification: current ALS or similar not iLS
- Resus certification: current paeds resus (APLS or similar)
- European trauma course
Desirable criteria
- Resus instructor, current or experience in resus courses
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Management role model
- On call managment
- course/ conference organiser
- trainee rep or similar
- lead role in established service or developing service
- non clinical management experience
Desirable criteria
- post grad qualification in leadership and management
well-being
Essential criteria
- Evidence of projects / experience in supporting colleagues in well being and coping strategies
- Team player
Audit and QI
Essential criteria
- Evidence of completion of audits and QI projects
- Evidence of leading clinical audits / implementing change, monitoring compliance
- awareness of service development issues
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Hobbies and interests outside of medicine
- MSF feedback within last three years
- Evidence of willingness to work flexibly
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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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
- Elena Kourtelli
- Job title
- Consultant Anaesthetist,
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 0051
- Additional information
Dr Alex Eeles - Joint Lead for Trauma and Fellows - [email protected]
Dr Elena Kourteli - Lead for General Specialities - [email protected]
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