Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical governance
Experience of morbidity and mortality review
- Clinical governance
Evidence of audit of own practice
- Skills and experience
Wide knowledge and experience of caring for critically ill adults
- Skills and experience
Wide experience of anaesthesia
- Skills and experience
Previous NHS experience
- Skills and experience
Experience of teaching
- Skills and experience
Audit participation
- Skills and experience
ITU patient management experience
- Skills and experience
Complex vascular anaesthesia experience
- Qualifications and training
Medical degree
- Qualifications and training
FRCA or equivalent
- Qualifications and training
Full GMC registration
- Qualifications and training
CCT/CESR Specialist Registration or will obtain within 6 months of interview date
- Qualifications and training
Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Clinical governance
Structured Judgment Review training
- Clinical governance
Leadership management course
- Skills and experience
Critical care and/or anaesthesia publications or presentations
- Qualifications and training
Post graduate qualification – clinical/education
- Qualifications and training
Fellowship in airway/regional anaesthesia/Paediatric anaesthesia
- Qualifications and training
FFICM
- Qualifications and training
EDIC
Job overview
The Anaesthetic & Intensive Care Unit at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital is looking to recruit dynamic and forward-thinking individual to join our team of dedicated clinicians.
Our hospital undertakes all vascular surgery for East Kent, urological (including major cancer and robotic surgery) and elective orthopaedic surgery. A range of day surgical specialties are also represented, including: dental and maxillofacial surgery, ENT, general surgery (including paediatrics), ophthalmology, Interventional Radiology, MRI and endoscopy.
Emergency theatre cover is provided daily. Regional anaesthesia plays a major part in our service and we support sustainable anaesthetic principles - Kent & Canterbury Hospital provides critical care services in a six bedded Critical Care Unit and a four bedded, mainly post-surgical, HDU supported by dedicated Intensive Care Clinicians and Anaesthetists.
The Anaesthetic department and the Intensive Care Unit at Kent & Canterbury Hospital are active in education, audit and research.
Main duties of the job
This post is for a Locum Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist and will be based at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering anaesthesia sessions with on-call commitments, with a requirement to cover ITU. Job plans within the department are flexible.
With this 11 PA position, there is 1 PA allocation for SPA.
It is anticipated that this job plan will include cover for paediatrics, vascular, endovascular, orthopaedic and urology lists, however, the job plan can be honed to reflect individual skills, knowledge and experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top the page.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that the interview date has been set as guidance and my be subject to change.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Canterbury, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Anaesthesia and Intensive Care role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 11 PA. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (1 in 12, with 3% on-call supplement). The application deadline is 08 Oct 2026.
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