Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

The closing date is 26 May 2026

We have opportunities for enthusiastic and outstanding anaesthetists to join our vibrant and growing department. Our department's principal aim is to provide the highest quality perioperative and anaesthetic care to patients treated at UCLH. We seek candidates who are clinically excellent, exemplary communicators, and provide empathic and holistic care. We promote teamwork, compassionate leadership, and inclusivity.

We offer opportunities for research, quality improvement, leadership, and education.

Start Date: Within 3 months of appointment.

CV required for application.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute alongside the consultant body to an excellent standard of care covering the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients requiring anaesthetic services.
• Contribute to safety and quality initiatives and improvement projects undertaken in the trust.
• Supervise and support resident doctors, clinical fellows and specialty doctors.
• Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department.
• Contribute and support departmental meetings.
• Fully comply with requirements for annual appraisal and job planning and maintain an up to date mandatory training record.

Person Specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise.
• On GMC Specialist Register for anaesthesia or within 6 months of attainment of CCT in anaesthesia at date of interview.
• FRCA or equivalent anaesthetic experience.

Clinical Experience

• Completed a recognised period of training leading to a CCT in anaesthesia or has gained equivalent experience.
• Experience in anaesthesia for major surgical procedures including major laparoscopic surgery.
• 6 months experience working in the NHS or equivalent.
• Experience of multidisciplinary pre assessment and pre operative preparation of complex patients.
• Evidence of commitment to service improvement / clinical excellence.
• Broad range of experience specifically in 'outside areas' including paediatric radiotherapy and nuclear medicine, CT, endoscopy.

Clinical Skills

• Demonstrate an ability to perform the specific clinical procedures relevant to the post.
• Demonstration of a subspecialty interest relevant to this trust in which significant clinical experience gained.
• Understanding of clinical risk management.
• Clear logical thinking showing an analytical / scientific approach.
• Advanced airway management skills and experience of managing difficult airway.
• A Fellowship or other significant specialist experience.
• Ability to cover both the general and obstetric on call rotas as required.

Clinical Knowledge

• Appropriate level of clinical knowledge for the post.
• Shows knowledge of evidence informed practice.
• Shows awareness of own limitations.
• Demonstrates breadth of awareness of issues relating to clinical anaesthesia.

Audit, Quality Improvement, Management & IT

• Evidence of participation in clinical governance.
• Evidence of completion of audit cycle or quality improvement initiative.
• Ability to mentor both medical and nursing staff.
• Management course completed or evidence of knowledge of management structures & processes.
• Knowledge or interest in data to improve patient care and utilisation of digitalised systems.

Research, Teaching skills and experience

• Teaching on formal educational courses.
• Evidence of involvement in education of colleagues (trainees, AHP's nurses).
• Show a regular commitment to teaching.
• Evidence of research activity & publications.
• Evidence of working with patients / public to deliver research or improve services.
• Higher taught (e.g. MSc) or research (e.g. MD or PhD) degree.
• Evidence of organisational / leadership ability: e.g. setting up and directing courses, educational programmes etc.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal.
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English.
• Ability to build rapport, demonstrate empathy, listen, persuade / negotiate.
• Ability to work as part of an anaesthetic and perioperative team and to develop such teams.
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Ambition to develop and improve own professional standards.
• Commitment to developing and improving services and departments.
• Ability to use a non judgemental approach to patients and colleagues regardless of their sexuality, ethnicity, disability, religious beliefs or financial status.
• Ability to adapt work practices to respond to rapidly changing circumstances.
• Ability to truly care for and about their patients and colleagues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year + London weighting (on call Cat A 3%)