Anaesthetic Consultant (x 5 with special interests)

The Department of Anaesthetics is a friendly and supportive team that has achieved ACSA accreditation from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. We welcome innovation and encourage and support service development initiatives where it improves care to our patients.

You will be required to work across both sites. The job plan will include 10 programmed activities including 1 SPA.

The Anaesthetic department is aligned with the St George\’s Hospital teaching programme for medical students and the SW Thames School of Anaesthesia training programme. There is a well‑established simulation teaching programme which may give opportunities for suitably qualified applicants. We score highly each year in the national hip fracture database report and are one of the busiest five units in London. Our National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) pathway and patient outcomes score as excellent.

Principle Duties of the Post

1. To always comply with the GMC\’s guidance on \’Good Medical Practice\’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
2. To ensure that patient confidentiality is always maintained.
3. To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
4. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
5. On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust\’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
6. To participate in the Trust\’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
7. To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and outpatients under your care.

St George\’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George\’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary\’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000‑strong workforce.

Proposed Job Plan

The proposed job plan for this post is attached. This will be discussed in detail with the post holder on appointment and become operational. Job plans will be reviewed annually, following an appraisal meeting. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultant\’s typical working pattern, duties, objectives and responsibilities for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of a consultant\’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, managerial responsibilities and external commitments.

Additional programmed activities may be offered to the post holder. Any offer of additional programmed activities will be based on the needs of the service and in line with the Trust objectives and will be reviewed on an annual basis.

This job plan will include 1.5 SPA (core) for revalidation and mandatory training in anaesthetics. New consultants also have 0.5 SPA time for 12 months (on top of the core 1.5 SPA allocation) for mentorship and guidance with an allocated senior consultant. Any extra SPA above the core standard SPA time will be reviewed after 12 months during appraisal and job planning, to maintain or decrease it as required.

All new consultants will be allocated a mentor for guidance and support. The trust also offers a New Consultants Programme run in house by the GMC which includes external speakers.