# Consultant Anaesthetist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/223d3414-acb5-40be-90f4-b18f74e1639a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/223d3414-acb5-40be-90f4-b18f74e1639a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T11:31:57.602Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/KingstonuponThames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Anaesthesia/Anaesthesia-v8271541 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8271541?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are excited to invite applications for a Consultant Anaesthetist at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. We are a friendly and dynamic department with over 30 consultants. We deliver anaesthetic services to a wide range of district general hospital specialities, allowing the successful candidates a varied and fulfilling consultant career. The Anaesthetic Department at Kingston and Richmond Hospital consists of nearly 40 consultants and over 30 specialty doctors, trust grades and trainees. We are a motivated and supportive group and were one of the first departments to achieve RCOA accreditation (ACSA), demonstrating our dedication to providing an outstanding quality of care and our enthusiasm to engage with national projects. ### Main duties of the job A wide range of surgical specialties provide ample opportunity for maintaining and developing skills in many aspects of anaesthesia. We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic individuals who will contribute to our friendly department, not just by providing high quality anaesthesia for the specialities we cover but also by supporting the department in the wider sense. We would like to see evidence of participation in quality improvement projects and research and Involvement in teaching and training. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job Description for further details on the posts and for the person specification. Interview date is 28-Oct-2026, in person at Kingston Hospital. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Resuscitation **Essential** - ALS provider - APLS/EPALS provider **Desirable** - ALS/APLS/EPALS Instructor ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC Registration (or eligibility to obtain). - FRCA or equivalent - CCT in Anaesthesia and on GMC’s Specialist Register; or within 6 months of CCT from the date of the interview or have confirmed eligibility for Specialist Registration. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Demonstrate leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team. - Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm and approachability. **Desirable** - Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate appropriate changes in clinical practice and to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Wide range of anaesthetic experience in all surgical specialties excluding cardiac surgery and neurosurgery - Experience of emergency surgery in all ages of patients above 2 years of age. - Exposure to management of sick children in a DGH setting prior to transfer. **Desirable** - Advanced training/SIAs (or equivalent experience) in specialities relevant to the department, such as regional anaesthesia, obstetrics, peri-operative medicine, bariatric surgery, acute inpatient pain, ophthalmic surgery. ### Experience in Teaching **Essential** - Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and junior doctors. **Desirable** - Simulation facilitator ### Experience in Quality Improvement, clinical audit and research **Essential** - Involvement in Quality Improvement Projects and Audit. **Desirable** - Relevant publication in peer-reviewed journals. - Presentation at national and international meetings ## Documents - [jd 2026 (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10611756) - [functional requirements (pdf, 291.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586778) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.