Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

Job overview

We have opportunities for enthusiastic and outstanding anaesthetists to join our vibrant and growing department. Our department’s principal aim is to provide the highest quality perioperative and anaesthetic care to patients treated at UCLH – hence, we are looking for candidates who are clinically excellent, exemplary communicators, and who provide empathic and holistic care. We are proud to deliver excellent teamwork within the department, compassionate leadership within and external to the Trust, and genuine inclusivity and diversity in terms of the personal attributes of our members and our collective professional activities.

We are looking for new colleagues who share these qualities and values and can use them as a core upon which to build their career with us. As a trust and department, we also provide a wealth of opportunities to pursue interests in research, quality improvement, leadership, and education.

Start Date: Within 3 months of appointment.

CV required for application.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute alongside the consultant body to an excellent standard of care covering the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and management of patients requiring anaesthetic services. •    To contribute to safety and quality initiatives and improvement projects being undertaken in the trust.  •    To supervise and support resident doctors, clinical fellows and specialty doctors.   •    To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department. •    To contribute and support departmental meetings. •    To fully comply with requirements for annual appraisal and job planning and maintain an up -to-date mandatory training record.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

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