Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Job summary

The Department of Anaesthesia is dedicated to delivering high quality, patient centred care for all of our patients. It is an exciting time to join our enthusiastic and forward-thinking department as we open our brand-new Intensive Care Unit, build two new dedicated paediatric theatres, replaced our anaesthetic machines with state-of-the-art technology and get our services recognised through the Anaesthesia Clinical Accreditation Service (ACSA). We have an excellent reputation for teaching and training, make a huge contribution to national research projects, are represented in senior management roles within the Trust and have a strong commitment to quality improvement. All of this has been achieved through the creation of a supportive, kind and friendly department which allows us all to thrive. We look forward to hearing about the skills and knowledge you could bring to our department.

Main duties of the job

The Locum Consultant Anaesthesia position is a fixed-term post to maintain the minimum safe staffing requirements for service provision during maternity leave.

We would be happy to support applicants with sub-specialty interests who are interested in pursuing them at consultant level.

The Trust has close links with local teaching hospitals. We participate in training of medical students from both St George’s and Kings College Hospitals. Our Anaesthetic trainees are part of the St George’s School of Anaesthesia within the London Specialty School of Anaesthesia.

The anaesthetic department sends some consultants for sessions at the Orthopaedic treatment centre at Epsom.

The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care of Croydon patients, and to provide and develop anaesthetic services to Croydon Health Services patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of inpatient, outpatient and emergency work.

The successful applicant will provide strong visible presence across the organisation, be a role model of good leadership and effective communication at individual, team, directorate and whole organisation level…

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