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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
Locum Consultant
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
10 sessions per week (Full time)
Job ref
180-LOCON-4963
Employer
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Town
Cambridge
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2024 23:59

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Locum Consultant in General Anaesthesia and Peri Op Medicine

Locum Consultant

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with a specialist interest in General Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) to commence as soon as possible for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will join an expanding, innovative and dynamic department of 85 Consultants, 50 Trainees/Clinical Fellows and 16 Senior Clinical Fellows, providing anaesthetic services in this thriving, modern teaching hospital.Ìý

The on-call role currently involves an orthopaedic trauma list during the evening once a week, with the potential to transition to either the general on-call rota or the newly available postoperative care unit on-call rota during the course of employment.

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Anaesthesia or be within six months of award of CCT, or have submitted your application for CESR at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Working for our organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.Ìý

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a growing team of Anaesthetists who support a large range of services within this large tertiary hospital. The cases you are likely to encounter as a locum consultant span a diverse range including major general, oncology, trauma & orthopaedics, vascular, urology, gynaecology and ENT.Ìý

Addenbrooke’s not only provides a broad range of medical services for people living in the Cambridge area but is also a regional/supra-regional referral centre for a number of specialties including cancer surgery, neurosurgery, transplantation, plastic surgery, vascular surgery and paediatrics. As a world-renowned teaching hospital, there is unparalleled capacity for teaching and research including involvement in the high-fidelity simulation centre, and research projects within the department as well as the wider biomedical campus.Ìý

Addenbrooke’s is the teaching hospital for the University of Cambridge and is a flagship NHS hospital having achieved NHS Foundation Trust status in July 2004. It has strong international links particularly through the University and it is a world-class centre for medical research.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Standards
  • Professionalism
  • Clinical Skills
  • Specialty Specific skills
  • Commitment to Clinical Governance
  • Communication Skills
  • Personal Skills
  • Understanding of the NHS
  • Commitment to ongoing Prof Dev

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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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Andrea Ortu
Job title
Lead for General Anaesthesia
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01223 216292
Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact:

Further information, in the first instance, should be sought by email from:

Dr Andrea Ortu, Lead for General Anaesthesia ([email protected])

Dr Beate Van-Wyk, Clinical Lead for Anaesthesia ([email protected])

or Dr Muhilan Kanagarathnam, Clinical Director for Perioperative Services ([email protected])

Visits to the department should be arranged through the Anaesthetic Department on 01223 216292.

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