Job overview

A Locum Consultant position has arisen within the Department of Anaesthesia at The Royal London Hospital. 

This position provides an excellent opportunity to join an established workforce consisting of over 80 consultant anaesthetists in a major trauma centre based in London.

The Department of Anaesthesia provides a service for all surgical specialities within Bart’s Health and is involved in many exciting initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for dynamic individuals with the appropriate skills to join a first-class multi-disciplinary team providing the full range of services to the majority of East London and beyond in a progressive London teaching hospital environment. This is a fixed-term 6-month locum consultant post, starting as soon as possible. The term may be extended by mutual agreement, to fulfil ongoing service needs if appropriate.

The successful candidate may be asked to cover surgical lists at Barts or Mile End Hospitals if required. The post holder will be an employee of Barts Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at one of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group.

The appointee must be able to work flexibly and be able to cover all the specialities provided for at The Royal London Hospital; and should have advanced training or consultant-level experience in at least one of: obstetric anaesthesia, regional & orthopaedic anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, neuroanaesthesia or paediatric anaesthesia.

Main duties of the job

The post is a locum consultant post in anaesthesia based at The Royal London Hospital; the successful candidate may be asked to cover surgical lists at Barts or Mile End Hospital if required. The post holder will be an employee of Barts Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at one of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

The department would expect locum consultants to work flexibly. However, the department will try to help consultants to develop and maintain areas of clinical expertise where appropriate.

The initial contract will be for 10 programmed activities (PAs) as described in the 2003 consultant contract. These activities will be split between direct clinical care (DCC) and supporting professional activities (SPA). The SPA allocation will be 1.5PA per week (6 hours). The successful applicant may have the opportunity to offer to work additional DCC PAs per week but this will be subject to the service requirements of the department.

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

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