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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
About
Welcome
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Our values
Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
Proud of our history
- Westminster Hospital was founded in 1719 and was replaced by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 1993.
- Brentford Infirmary opened in 1896, renamed West Middlesex Hospital in 1920.
- Our two hospitals merged in 2015 to become one Trust.
Our vision and strategy
Our ambition is simple—to provide world class care. We combine globally recognised clinical expertise with locally delivered care to represent the NHS at its best. This has been tested with staff, patients and stakeholders and is delivered though our staff’s commitment to our values and our organisation’s focus on our 3 strategic priorities:
- To deliver high-quality care: Patients, their friends, family and carers will be treated with unfailing kindness and respect by every member of staff in every department and their experience and quality of care will be second to none.
- To be the employer of choice: Provide every member of staff with the support, information, facilities and environment they need to develop in their roles and careers, and recruit and retain people needed to deliver high-quality services to our patients and other service users.
- To provide better care at lower cost: Continuously improve the quality of care and patient experience through the most efficient use of resources (financial and human, including staff, partners, stakeholders, volunteers and friends).
These priorities are reflected in our clinical services strategy, our quality strategy and our annual operating plan. They are set out in our divisions’ detailed business plans and are the framework for our staff’s objectives and appraisals.
Who we are
- 7,500 staff and 700 volunteers
- We treat someone in A&E every 2 minutes
- We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
- We operate on a patient every 17 minutes
- We do 52 imaging procedures each hour
- We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Proud of our services
- We have one of the largest and busiest HIV and sexual health services in Europe, delivering world-class care and outcomes for 269,000 patients a year
- We’re proud to be part of Fast Track Cities, a global movement to end new cases of HIV by 2030
- We run specialist trans clinics and offer the first NHS-commissioned masculinising surgery service
- We have one of the largest and safest maternity services in the UK, delivering 10,500 babies every year
- Our world-renowned burns service is the leading centre in London and the south east
- We are one of the largest urgent and emergency services providers with some of the lowest ambulance handover times in the UK, treating 270,000 people this year
Proud of our workforce
- Our approximately 7,500 staff are recruited from our local communities as well as from all over the world
- Our staff rate us second among acute trusts in London as a place to work
- Despite challenges in the NHS, our staff vacancy rate remains significantly lower than the national average
- We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer
- We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winning Apprentice of the Year for two years running
- We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays
Proud of our diversity
- Being truly inclusive involves commitment from our leaders, managers and all individuals across the Trust
- We encourage our staff to have a voice with four staff network groups—Enrich, Women, LGBTQ+ and Disability
- We embrace cultural diversity and inclusion with our maternity cultural safety champions and our development programme to support our leaders to lead with compassion and inclusivity
- We are a gold-awarded Veteran Aware employer, recognising our work in advocating for and supporting former and current defence and armed forces personnel
- We have an NHS Pastoral Care quality award for supporting our international recruits with an internationally educated nurse accelerated development programme and tailored approaches to onboarding
Proud of our supporters
Thanks to generous support from our local communities our charity CW+ can:
- Build and enhance clinical facilities to create an outstanding environment for patients and staff
- Deliver an art and design programme to support the wellbeing of our patients
- Invest in health innovation to deliver exceptional patient care
Proud of our environment
- Our intensive care unit is a world-class facility, home to the latest technology
- Our Sky Garden supports the mental health and wellbeing of our staff and patients
- Our neonatal intensive care unit cares for 150 more babies each year in a modern, purpose-built facility
- Our plans for a new ambulatory diagnostics centre at West Middlesex will bring care closer to home
Proud of our research
- We have recruited 3,500 patients into 160 research projects in the last year
- Our clinical trials unit, renowned for pioneered COVID-19 research, continues to lead in developing new antibody therapies and other treatments
- Our PrEP trial, the largest of its kind in the UK, has had significant national impact, underscoring our leadership in public health research
- We continue to lead research in areas such as maternal health, burns and infectious diseases
Proud to innovate
We continue to invest in digital innovation to improve care delivery:
- CW Innovation is a joint initiative between the Trust and our charity CW+ which tests and scales high-impact innovations to improve patient care and hospital operations, utilising digital systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
- Our portfolio of more than 90 projects positions us as a leader in innovation and next-generation health services.
- Our robotic surgery programme significantly reduces patient recovery time and length of stay.
- Sensium® sensors remotely monitor vital signs every two minutes, compared with traditional monitoring of 4+ hours.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms give clinicians near-realtime risk prediction for COVID-19 patients.
Proud of our achievements
- One of the lowest hospital mortality rates in England
- Chief Executive Lesley Watts awarded CBE for her contributions to healthcare
- Magnet4Europe
- HSJ finalists for wellbeing and service redesign initiatives and highly commended in the Trust of the Year category
- RCM shortlist for excellence in maternity care during COVID
- Building Better Healthcare award for design of ICU
- Gaydio Award for 56 Dean Street #TestNowStopHIV campaign
Proud of our community
- Our 700 dedicated volunteers help improve and enhance patient experience
- We work closely with patient partners, community representatives, our membership base and council of governors to help shape our services
- Our community engagement efforts have been recognised through various awards, reflecting our commitment to building strong, supportive relationships with the people and communities we serve
Proud to support our frailty patients
- 1 in 10 patients over 65 and 1 in 2 patients over 85 live with frailty
- Our HOME initiative—Hydrate, Out of PJs, Mobilise, Engage—helps maintain our patients’ independence in and out of hospital
- In 2023/24 we conducted geriatric assessments on nearly 99% of eligible patients, ensuring better identification and management of frailty to improve health outcomes
Proud of our sustainability
- Our green plan is pivotal to delivering our vision—deliver high-quality care, be the employer of choice and make the best use of resources
- We have committed to reach net zero by 2040, with an interim goal of an 80% reduction by 2028–2032—our efforts have already led to a 20% reduction in our NHS carbon footprint with 2019/20, highlighting our proactive approach to sustainability
Flexible working
The Trust supports flexible working for our staff and we will consider flexible working applications. Flexible working arrangements need to meet the needs of the service. For further information please discuss this with the recruiting manager.
Find out more
Locum Consultant Anaesthetist
Closed for applications on: 7-Jun-2023 00:00
Vacancy status:
Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-Jun-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- West Middlesex University Hospital
- Address
- Twickenham Road
- Town
- Isleworth
- Postcode
- TW7 6AF
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (6 months renewable up to 1 year)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
Salary
- Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
Job overview
We are looking for two enthusiastic and self-motivated consultants to join our department. This will be a 6 month renewable contract up to 1 year in total. The successful candidate will cover general theatre lists as well as labour ward and may have the opportunity to participate in general on-calls once fully orientated to the department.
Depending on workload and departmental needs, the post may be extended beyond the original period.
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This is a full time post of 10 PA, divided into 9PA direct clinical care and 1 PA supporting professional activities. SPA time is given to support personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal, governance and quality improvement activities as required for successful appraisal. This translates to 5 theatre sessions per week (each at 1.25PA, resulting in 8.75 PA for clinical work). The remainder of 0.25 PA can be delivered flexibly and suitable options will be discussed with the successful applicant.
The post holder will provide clinical care on theatre lists and cover labour ward if required.
Working for our organisation
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities:
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
1.1. The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
1.2. Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
1.3. Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
1.4. Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
1.5. Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.
1.6. Develop clinical practice through self-reflection and learning from experience, application of research into practice and active contribution within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Research, Teaching and Training
2.1. Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Lead. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
2.2. Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues.
2.3. Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- Performance Management
- Work with medical, nursing, other clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. Length of Stay (LOS) reductions, admission on day of surgery, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- FRCA or equivalent
- CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent (on or within 6 months of inclusion on Specialist register at time of interview)
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with management of high-risk patients
- Advanced Training in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Desirable criteria
- Implementation of Quality Improvement processes/ audit
- Previous consultant-level experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proficiency with regional Anaesthesia esp. upper limb blocks
- Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
- Highly organised, self –motivated, track record of achieving sustained change
Desirable criteria
- Good IT skills
- Experience with high risk orthopaedics and trauma
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mrs Anila Qato
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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