Consultant in Anaesthesia

Job overview

This post is a substantive consultant post in anaesthesia based at The Royal London Hospital.  The vacancy has arisen due to a retirement.  The post holder will be an employee of Bart’s Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at any of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group.

This is a general post for a consultant anaesthetist, with an interest in neuroanaesthesia and regional anaesthesia. The appointee must be able to work flexibly and be able to cover the range of specialties provided for in the Adult Anaesthesia service at The Royal London Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three Trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and has approximately 15,000 employees. We also work together in partnership with BHRUT (Barking, Havering, Romford University Trust) as part of an North East London ICS.

Together our hospitals - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew’s (Barts) in the city, The Royal London in Whitechapel and Whipps Cross in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of East London and further afield.

The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is a substantive consultant post in anaesthesia based at The Royal London Hospital.  The vacancy has arisen due to a retirement.  The post holder will be an employee of Bart’s Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at any of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group.

This is a general post for a consultant anaesthetist, with an interest in neuroanaesthesia and regional anaesthesia. The appointee must be able to work flexibly and be able to cover the range of specialties provided for in the Adult Anaesthesia service at The Royal London Hospital.

Applicants should possess full GMC registration, and either be on the Specialist Register or if in training, be within 6 months of receiving their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the time of interview.