Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is pleased to announce we have a 10PA locum consultant anaesthetist post available. The anaesthetic department is proud to be a diverse and inclusive department where all new colleagues receive a warm and friendly welcome. You will be joining a department with 40 consultants who provide a large elective and emergency provision to a wide range of services. 10 Programmed Activities will be offered - 9 Direct Clinical Care delivered over 4/3 days and 1 Supporting Professional Activities. There may be the need to add an on call commitment in either ITU or Theatre. The appointment is for the fixed period of ten months. Job plans will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. It is expected that the initial job plan will be reviewed after 3 months service.

Main duties of the job

The key duties will include, but not be limited to: · Provision of high quality anaesthetic care · Clinical Supervision and support of junior anaesthetic staff · Active participation in departmental, Trust and national clinical audit · To engage with the Trust's appraisal programme for medical staff · Regular timetabled activities in the preoperative department · Preoperative assessment · Regional anaesthesia provision.

The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. Initial job plan will include sessions with the majority of services provided at the RNOH, including the peripheral nerve injury unit, sarcoma unit and joint replacement unit. In addition to theatre sessions the appointee will be expected to provide assessment and management of patients attending the preoperative clinics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. It is expected that the initial job plan will be reviewed after 3 months of service. Initial job plan will include sessions within all major units at the RNOH including the peripheral nerve injury unit, sarcoma unit, joint replacement unit and the preoperative assessment department.

Job plans may be changed to accommodate where possible the specific requests of the candidate and the needs of the department.

Currently the Trust permits flexibility in time and space to accommodate SPAs.

Non-fixed commitments

The non-fixed commitments include:

· To join the team of consultant anaesthetists who provide anaesthesia at RNOH

· To provide pre and post operative care

· To participate in the teaching of trainee anaesthetists

· To participate in postgraduate academic meetings of the anaesthetic department and departmental audit

· To attend consultant administrative departmental meetings

· To undertake audit of personal practice

· To improve service delivery and participate with clinical governance in line with local and national guidelines

· To undertake research