Consultant In Anaesthesia with an interest in Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

This post is for a Consultant Anaesthetist / Intensivist to work on the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering anaesthesia and critical care medicine sessions with on-call commitments covering critical care only The post runs over a 6 week cycle with one dedicated ITU week (4 week days plus weekend) followed by 5 weeks of anaesthetics (2 days per week).Monthly consultant meetings and monthly M&M meetings are included in the job plan

Main duties of the job

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Barnet Chase Farm Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen due to retirement and expansion of services for a  Consultant Anaesthetist/Intensivist to join the team at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals. The role involves delivering general anaesthesia and Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals and working on the 18 bed adult intensive care unit at Barnet Hospital.

The successful candidate will have a CCT in Anaesthesia  with a specialty interest in Intensive Care Medicine.

The on call commitment is one in 12 weekdays, and one in 6 weekends covering critical care.

There is a well-equipped Intensive care unit at Barnet Hospital divided into two wards. ITU North has 8 beds, and ITU South has 10 beds. The Barnet ITU has been paperless for approximately 15 years and has extensive opportunities for data collection, audit and research. There is an active teaching programme as well as a robust and comprehensive monthly M&M meeting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.