Consultant Anaesthetist

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Hospital Town Chelsea Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum incl. London Weighting Salary period Yearly Closing 04/03/:59

Job overview

The Anaesthetic Department sits under the Surgery and Inpatients Directorate. The department is supported by Head of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care, Deputy Medical Director, Divisional Nurse Director for Clinical Services, and General Manager as well as Clinical Leads of Service.

The post holder will have direct access to the administrative support team based within the Anaesthetic department. In addition, the Admissions and Pre assessment Unit (APU) team provide full administrative and secretarial support for clinical work performed within this unit. The department also supports study leave and professional leave in line with the Royal College of Anaesthetists recommendations. The department provides support for audit, research and service development.

Main duties of the job

• The appointee will be expected to work flexibly to support the department in delivering exceptional care to adult patients undergoing a wide range of procedures at both the Chelsea and Sutton sites (including the Oak Cancer Centre), in line with established guidelines and policies. This may include job planned weekend operating lists in the future.
• This post includes an on call commitment of 1:18 and may change in terms of frequency due to service requirements.
• Attendance at departmental education and governance meetings is expected, as is a commitment to education and training of junior staff.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification Qualifications

• Full registration (and with a license to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• CCT (or equivalent) in Anaesthesia (or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview)
• Experience in a tertiary centre with an oncological workload for minimum 6 months within Stage 3 of anaesthesia training
• ALS current certification
• APLS/EPLS current certification

Experience & Skills

• Skilled in the provision of high quality, evidence based perioperative care for day surgery and major surgery
• Skilled in managing major haemorrhage
• Specialist interest areas (SIA) or equivalent in perioperative medicine and, or major general surgery
• The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues and work well as part of a multi disciplinary team across management and clinical disciplines, grades and abilities
• The ability to work constructively in a team of different disciplines

Qualities

• Commitment to achieving excellence
• Effective communication and leadership skills
• Committed to personal and professional development
• Completion of NHS recognised equality and diversity and equal opportunities training

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 Francesca Mazzola Job title Head of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Email address