3X Locum Consultant Anaesthetics

Job overview

This is a Locum Consultant post. The remit of the postholders will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain services for patients at the Princess Royal University Hospital and the south sites. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department including the teaching and training of junior staff. 

The Department of Anaesthesia at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) provides perioperative care for patients undergoing a wide variety of both elective and emergency surgeries on the PRUH, Orpington, and Queen Mary sites, with pain services on the Beckenham site. There is also a rotational training programme for CT’s and STs from the South East London Anaesthetic Programme.

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The post will be based at PRUH, Orpington and Sidcup sites and is a typical 10 PA job plan with theatre sessions only, with the session days being fixed, working in various surgical specialties throughout the sites. 

 All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trusts sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:

 ·         The provision of a first class clinical service

·         Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

·         Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP

·      Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies

·        Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans

·   Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Division or the Trust

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD; Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.