Job summary
We are seeking to recruit Consultant Anaesthetists to join our department at Hammersmith Hospital.

The Hammersmith Hospital provides complex cancer surgical services in the areas of gynaecology, endocrine, hepatobiliary and upper GI specialties and is a regional and national referral centre for these specialities. The Hammersmith Hospital is also a busy kidney and pancreas-kidney transplant centre. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to deliver peri-operative care to patients undergoing these complex and challenging procedures. This will include a fortnightly pre-assessment clinic for patients with renal failure who require surgery as well as assessment of complex patients being considered for kidney transplantation.

In addition to cancer cases, the Hammersmith Hospital is home to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre and performs around 200 kidney transplants per year. The successful candidate will participate in a fortnightly pre-assessment clinic for patients with chronic renal failure prior to undergoing surgery, and this will include assessment of high-risk, borderline cases being considered for activation on the kidney transplant waiting list.

The Hammersmith Hospital is also a cardiothoracic surgical centre, but the successful applicant will not be expected to deliver anaesthesia for open cardiac surgery. However, there is an expanding workload of electro-physiology procedures, and there will be opportunities to deliver sessions in these areas

Main duties of the job
The initial contract will be for 10 programmes activities (PAs) as described in the 2003 consultant contract. These activities will be split between direct clinical care (DCC) and supporting professional activities (SPA).

Of the direct clinical care commitment, 7.5 PAs will be for elective scheduled work and 1 PA will be for the on call commitment. The successful applicant may have the opportunity to offer to work additional DCC PAs per week but this will be subject to the service requirements of the department.

The post will include one day a week undertaking orthopaedic and plastic trauma surgery at St Mary's Hospital, one of the four London Major Trauma Centres. These lists will provide ample opportunity to perform a variety of regional anaesthetic techniques.

The initial SPA allocation will be 1.5 per week (6 hours). SPA time is given to support continuing professional development, teaching, clinical governance and preparation for appraisal.

The post includes a 1:8 on call component at Hammersmith Hospital which covers general emergencies in theatres. This is mostly kidney transplants, benign gynaecology and re-operation for surgical complications. There is a separate on call consultant covering cardiac and thoracic emergencies including cath lab emergencies. There is a resident anaesthetic registrar (ST4-7 level) and CT2/3 covering theatres out of hours.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Job responsibilities
The post holders will work a 10 PA contract based at Hammersmith Hospital joining an on-call rota set at 1:8.

We are looking for motivated candidates interested in anaesthesia for major general surgery and peri-operative medicine. The successful applicant will cover major general surgery lists which include hepatobiliary, upper GI, endocrine and major gynae-oncology surgery. The post will also include one day per week at St Marys Hospital undertaking anaesthesia for orthopaedic and plastics trauma surgery.

The successful applicant will become part of our busy department. The workload demands a flexible and responsive service to both emergency and elective work within the operating theatre environment.

In addition to a broad range of both elective and emergency clinical work, the post-holder will have ample opportunity to be involved in research, teaching and training, governance and leadership opportunities, as well as QI projects.

For a full job description and person specification please see the supporting documents.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge/ Skills

• Training and experience in anaesthesia for major general surgery including the specialist areas of HPB, endocrine, upper GI and renal surgery to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• Training and experience in the areas of perioperative medicine and pre-operative assessment to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• Training and experience in regional anaesthesia to Stage 3 training or equivalent
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management Skills

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Management of staff.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff, genuine interest in trainee wellbeing

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit, QI project delivery and governance structures

Academic achievements including publications

• Evidence of achievement to Stage 3 training or equivalent

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).