Consultant anaesthesia post with a special interest in perioperative medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. The work covers anaesthesia and pre- and post-operative care, alongside teaching trainees, audit and research. Ten programmed activities, mostly clinical, span the hospital's major orthopaedic units and the job plan is reviewed after six months. Candidates must show fellowship or consultant-level experience in complex orthopaedic and spinal deformity anaesthesia.
What the job involves
- Provide anaesthesia as part of the consultant anaesthetist team at RNOH
- Provide pre- and post-operative care
- Deliver sessions across the peripheral nerve, sarcoma, joint replacement, spinal, shoulder and foot and ankle units and anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic
- Teach trainee anaesthetists
- Take part in postgraduate academic meetings and departmental audit
- Attend consultant administrative departmental meetings
- Audit personal practice
- Improve service delivery and take part in clinical governance in line with local and national guidelines
- Undertake research
Qualifications
- FRCA or GMC-recognised equivalent
- MBBS or equivalent
- ALS and APLS/EPLS
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on GMC specialist register with CCT or equivalent, proposed CCT/CESR within 6 months of interview, or already on the specialist register, or relevant European specialist qualification
Experience
- Consultant or fellowship-level anaesthesia for complex orthopaedic and complex spinal deformity surgery in a tertiary or specialist centre
- Expertise in preoperative risk stratification, shared decision-making and postoperative care of patients needing enhanced monitoring or HDU admission
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of GMC good medical practice, appraisal, revalidation, patient safety and clinical governance
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Computer literacy and IT skills
- Ability to supervise junior medical staff
- Knowledge and experience of quality improvement, audit and service improvement
- Track record of good working relationships with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues
Other
- Understanding of patient confidentiality and data protection
- Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory and inclusive practice and to the Trust values
- Commitment to own continued professional development and that of others, and involvement in service development
Nice to have
- Higher qualification in perioperative medicine, such as FFICM or PGDip/MSc in Perioperative Medicine
- Teaching qualification
- Accreditation in, or training and experience in, focused perioperative echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound
- Contribution to research, such as local lead for studies, RCT recruitment or GCP training
- Leadership experience, such as departmental rota or leave coordination, with formal management training
- Contribution to clinical governance through audit, incident reviews or Trust policies, and leading audit or QI projects with national or international presentations
- Sustained commitment to delivering training to nursing and medical staff at Trust, regional or national level
- Experience of conflict management and motivating colleagues
What’s offered
- London weighting of £2,162 a year
- Flexibility in time and space to accommodate SPAs
- Job plan changed where possible to meet candidate requests
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
