Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Job overview

Locum Anaesthetic Consultant General - 10 Months

This post will hold a line on the 1/12 on call rota at ST Helier Hospital

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be appointed to the role of Locum Consultant

The Anaesthetics department is a friendly and supportive one. We have achieved ACSA Accreditation from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and are extremely proud of this achievement. We welcome innovation and will support change where it improves care to our patients.

The right candidate must be dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, always placing the patient first.

The Epsom & St Helier Anaesthetic department is aligned with the St George's Hospital teaching programme for medical students and the SW Thames School of Anaesthesia training programme. We have ACSA accreditation. There is a well-established simulation teaching programme which may give opportunities for suitably qualified applicants. We score highly each year in the national hip fracture database report and are one of the busiest 5 units in London. Our National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) pathway and patient outcomes score as excellent.

Main duties of the job

Principle Duties of the Post

The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients:

• To always, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or

substituted from time to time.

• To ensure that patient confidentiality is always maintained.
• To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in

agreement with your Clinical Director.

• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust

resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.

• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or

arranged Consultant Induction).

• To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
• To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and outpatients under your care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To share responsibility with other Consultants for the recruitment, appointment and

supervision of junior medical staff in accordance with Trust policies.

• To devote time on a regular basis for teaching and training of junior medical staff, contributing

as appropriate to post-graduate and continuing medical education.

• To devote time, through agreement on a regular basis for teaching and training of medical

students as part of agreed teaching arrangements with the Foundation School.

• We have an active teaching program for undergraduates as well as our junior doctors. We

participate in our highly regarded Elena Power Simulation Centre. In the trust we also train

paramedics in airway skills.