Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia

The Department of Anaesthesia provides anaesthetic and peri-operative care services. The main theatre suite houses 8 theatres, an admissions lounge and a post anaesthesia recovery unit. There is a second stage recovery area staffed to step down patients from stage one and also to care for day cases performed with local anaesthesia. In addition, we have a dedicated Day Surgery Unit where day surgery is performed under local anaesthesia. All theatres, anaesthetic rooms and recovery bays are equipped with modern anaesthetic machines, and recovery bays are equipped with modern monitoring devices with networking facilities. There are dedicated theatres for surgical emergencies and trauma cases, including weekends.

The hospital provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary surgical services that include General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Breast Surgery, Colorectal surgery, Gynaecology, Urology and Ophthalmic surgery. There are facilities to provide anaesthesia for Cardiology interventions, Radiological and Endoscopic procedures. There is a dedicated team of nurses in the Recovery area and the Pre-Operative Assessment clinics which are led by Consultant Anaesthetists. There are separate dedicated Consultant Pre-assessment clinics for Obstetrics and Paediatric Anaesthesia.

Main duties of the job

The post is primarily for a general anaesthetist, to work as part of the team, providing comprehensive anaesthetic services to the North Middlesex Hospital. Any sub-specialty interest is welcomed and will be supported depending on the clinical services provided by the department. There is an on-call commitment and there is an expectation to be involved in education and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and as part of the Anaesthetics Specialty & Trust Doctors programme currently functioning.

Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust's resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.

Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust. This includes providing Anaesthetic services and working with colleagues to ensure the most efficient use of NHS resources.

Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.

Actively participate in the Department's Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job responsibilities

Indicative Job Plan/Timetable

For a whole-time contract: the normal split is

• Direct Clinical Care: 8.5 PAs on average per week

(Clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)

• Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs on average per week

(CPD, audit and governance, teaching & research)

Person Specification Education & Professional Qualifications

• CCT (or within 6 months of completion) or equivalent; Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• ALS/APLS/ATLS trainer qualification; Simulation training experience

Experience

• Relevant clinical anaesthetic experience across major specialties; Participation in audit and clinical governance; Ability to teach and support juniors and other staff
• Evidence of research activity; Publications in peer-reviewed journals; Experience contributing to service development

Skills and Aptitudes

• Work on own initiative; recognise limitations; effective team working; computer literate; ability to participate in consultant on-call rota

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Excellent written and spoken English; strong communication; knowledge of resource management; ability to stay calm under pressure
• Ability to support and motivate staff during pressure; evidence of quality improvement leadership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearPer Annum + £2,162 London Weighting