Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Job description

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.

We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.







We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

The South West London Collaborative Bank

Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts : St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier.

Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance

- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are :







- Caring Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Job overview

We are excited to invite applications for a substantive post for a Consultant Anaesthetist with a specialist interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia here at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The Anaesthetic Department at Kingston Hospital consists of 36 consultants and over 30 specialty doctors, trust grades and trainees.







We are a motivated and supoortive group and were one of the first departments to achieve RCOA accreditation (ACSA), demonstrating our dedication to providing an outstanding quality of care and our enthusiasm to engage with national projects

There is an expectation that the post holder will deliver 6 elective all day Saturday lists on an annual basis.

Main duties of the job

In 2023 we carried out approximately 1000 elective procedures on children over 1 year of age, plus 200 emergency and trauma cases.

Most of the elective work is in a day surgery setting, covering specialities such as ENT, dentistry, urology and some orthopaedics.







The complexity of children being offered surgery is increasing and we are also looking at expanding our days surgery beds for paediatrics.

We also deliver anaesthetic services to a wide range of district general hospital specialities, allowing the successful candidate a varied and fulfilling consultant career.

Expansion of services means there are opportunities for candidates with an interest in a range of specialities including regional anaesthesia, gynaecology and orthopaedics.

We also provide anaesthetic services to one of the busiest and most popular obstetric units in London, with nearly 6000 deliveries per year and successful candidates would be able contribute to elective section lists.

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic individuals who will contribute to our friendly department,





not just by providing high quality anaesthesia for the specialities we cover but also by supporting the department in the wider sense.

We would expect the successful candidate to become our Lead Paediatric Anaesthetist in due course. We would like to see evidence of participation in quality improvement projects and research and Involvement in teaching and training.

Working for our organisation

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was the first acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

We are a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by Royal Parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.

We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames,





Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

We are proud of our reputation as the largest single site District General Hospital in London. Our Maternity Unit is the second biggest in London and receives excellent ratings from patients and reviewers alike.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description for further details on the posts and for the person specification.







For further details, please contact Dr Jo Glynn, Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics by email [email protected] or by contacting the department on 0208 934 2274

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

- Full GMC Registration
- FRCA or equivalent
- CCT in Anaesthesia and on GMC’s Specialist Register; or within 6 months of CCT from the date of the interview or have confirmed eligibility for Specialist Registration.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

- Wide range of anaesthetic experience in all surgical specialties excluding cardiac surgery and neurosurgery
- Advance training / SIA of 6 or 12 months in peadiatric anaesthesia

Resuscitation

Essential criteria

- ALS provider
- APLS provider

Desirable criteria







- ALS / APLS / EPALS Instructor
- Simulation Facilitator

Experience in Training

Essential criteria

Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and junior doctors.

Desirable criteria

- Simulation facilitator
- Qualification in post-graduate education

Experience in Quality Improvement, clinical audit and research

Essential criteria

- Experience of Quality Improvement Projects
- Experience in research

Desirable criteria

- Relevant publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Presentation at national and international meetings

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

- Demonstrate leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance
- Ability to be flexible to meet the demands of the department
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment / educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc.

therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail / SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post.

Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Salary :

For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.