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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
About
We are one of London's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
Our specialist services are available to patients across a wider catchment area, providing nationally and internationally recognised work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine.
Source - Trust Website
Contact
- Address
- King's College Hospital
- Denmark Hill
- London
- SE5 9RS
- Contact Number
- 0203 299 9000
Consultant Anaesthetist
Accepting applications until: 28-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 28-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Denmark Hill
- Cyfeiriad
- Denmark Hill
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE5 9RS
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent Full time
- Oriau
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £113,565 - £150,569 pa
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Anaesthetics
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Anaesthetic department at Kings is delighted to advertise this Consultant in Anaesthesia post to cover for permanent full time role.
This post is aimed primarily at Consultant level anaesthetists wishing to gain experience in a broad range of anaesthesia as well as further experience in regional anaesthesia.
We deliver anaesthesia for a range of general and subspecialty areas including Neurosurgery, Cardio-thoracics, Hepatobiliary, Endocrine, Maxillofacial, Liver Transplant, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and Major Trauma.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery and ongoing development of high-quality anaesthetic and perioperative services within a supportive and collaborative Trust environment.
The successful candidate will provide expert anaesthetic care across a range of elective and emergency surgical specialties, including participation in theatre sessions, pre-operative assessment, and perioperative management of complex patients.
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As a Consultant Anaesthetist, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care, while working closely with surgical colleagues, multidisciplinary teams, and wider hospital services. You will be expected to provide senior clinical leadership, contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives, and support the training and supervision of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.
The post offers opportunities to develop specialist interests in line with service needs and personal expertise, alongside active involvement in teaching, research, and innovation.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The post will be based at Denmark Hill site and the proposed 10 PA Job Plan is attached. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the 1 PA being allocated for Supporting Professional Activity (CPD) and 0.5 SPA for new consultant development. In discussion with your department, further SPA may be allocated from team job planning for educational activities. Research time would normally be supported through external funding and or successful application for “green shoots funding”.
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:16 rota non-resident general consultant on-call, classed as Category A and a further 1:16 daytime weekend commitment which may include CEPOD, trauma or elective cover.
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
Please see attached Job Description for further details.
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- Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
- Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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- might not be specific or relevant enough to address the criteria in the recruitment profile
- often seem generic and not personalised enough – an AI response won’t show your unique voice and perspective
- could misrepresent information about you, such as your qualifications, skills and experience
We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications
King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website
King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Administration
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience in day to day organisation of anaesthetic services in a busy Teaching Hospital
Meini prawf dymunol
- Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management and Leadership
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Meini prawf dymunol
- Management course and/or qualification
Teaching
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Teaching qualification Simulation instruction/facilitator Course design/course director
Qualifications & Registration
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registerable medical qualification
- Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia Eligible to apply for a Substantive Consultant post – CCT or within 6 months of completion
- FRCA or equivalent
Meini prawf dymunol
- Masters degree or equivalent.
- Additional qualifications/diplomas in specialist areas for example, Perioperative Medicine, Trauma Sciences or Regional Anaesthesia
Training and Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- IAC and IACO
- Proven post-graduate experience in anaesthesia
- Wide experience in delivery of anaesthesia for general, major/high risk surgery and trauma/cepod surgery
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of delivering anaesthesia independently and supervising junior colleagues within that capacity.
- Experience in ophthalmic anaesthesia and preoperative assessment
- Major traumaRegional anaesthesia competence Additional training/fellowship in a specialist area management experience
Audit
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects and QIPs
Meini prawf dymunol
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of anaesthesia.
- Contribution to national projects
Research and Publications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of clinical research.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Marilyn Lowings
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Consultant Anaesthetist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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