Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Paediatrics
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Job overview
Applications are invited for a locum consultant anaesthetist with an interest in paediatric anaesthesia. Applicants should have the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and have suitable experience as described in the person specification in the job plan description. Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected CCT date at the time of interview.
Main duties of the job
Children's’ anaesthesia is predominately managed in the Lanesborough Theatre complex. Anaesthesia is provided for many different paediatric medical and surgical specialties – general surgery, urology, orthopaedics (including scoliosis service), plastics, maxillofacial, dental, ENT, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, general medicine and oncology. There is also a busy paediatric radiology service including interventional procedures. St George’s is a major trauma centre covering a population of 2.6 million. The ambulance service and air ambulance service bring many children involved in multi-trauma to the hospital.
St George’s has a PICU and step down unit with a total 14 beds, and is the regional centre for the South West London Neonatal Network managing 39 cots (12 intensive care, 9 high dependency care, and 18 special care).
The post holder is required to be a flexible member of the anaesthetic department. There are 15 consultants in the paediatric anaesthetic group. The group is dynamic and experienced, delivering anaesthesia to emergency paediatric patients and a large mixture of the paediatric surgical and medical groups. On call responsibilities are for neonatal and paediatric patients, and this is directly supported in the initial months of the post.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There are two full-time locum post of 10 PAs, with 8.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 PA for SPA in support of personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal and revalidation.
Please see main job descriptions for job plans.