Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (Dr Tamsin Rope, Clinical Director [Contact via Latha Kumar 020 8869 3969])
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
- Job ref
- 337-MS-1685-SM-2
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- LNWH - Ealing/NPH
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- 拢41,750 - 拢64,288 MN37
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locally Employed Doctor (Middle grade Anaesthetist for theatres)
NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country鈥檚 top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark鈥檚 Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 听
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put 鈥淨uality at our HEART鈥. Find out more about
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that鈥檚 job share, part time or another flexible pattern. 听If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for the appointee to work in a major NW London NHS trust, with a reputation for educational excellence within a friendly and supportive culture!听
This post is based at Ealing Hospital theatres, which is one of three sites within our trust (Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospitals). Successful candidates will further their experience
in a range of surgical subspecialties, to include elective and emergency upper & lower general surgery, orthopaedics/trauma, gynaecology, endoscopy, and dental surgery. The upper GI service has recently expanded, providing increased capacity for surgery such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy and an upper GI hub is planned for the near future.
There is a dedicated emergency/trauma theatre list 24/7, with weekday consultant cover. In addition, the department provides an outreach service for ECT and for DC cardioversions in the Coronary Care Unit. Also included are potential opportunities to work at the Northwick Park Hospital site to broaden this case mix, to include major head & neck, vascular, obstetrics, urology and major colorectal surgery.听
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Main duties of the job
This post provides excellent opportunities for a career anaesthetist who wishes to gain further clinical experience, with potential to develop educational, management and quality improvement听initiatives to support their own professional development (offering four days for supporting professional activity). It could also provide a route to either applying for a Specialist Training number or following an alternative path, such as the CESR/portfolio pathway route.
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Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country鈥檚 top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark鈥檚 Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 听
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The anaesthetic department is highly regarded in the region as a centre of excellence for anaesthetic educational initiatives, with our friendly reputation for supporting and training anaesthetic trainees and locally employed doctors. We have consultants with additional roles as Royal College of Anaesthetists examiners (including lead examiner) and London School of Anaesthesia training program directors. We desire all our team to achieve their maximal potential! Our success speaks for itself- many of our recent trainees have chosen to return as substantive consultants, most of our locally employed doctors and trainees have successfully achieved their FRCA exam with us, gained national training numbers and even specialist registration via the GMCs portfolio pathway. We have recently set up a highly sought after CESR/portfolio pathway program.
The post is ideal for candidates who have a minimum of 4 years鈥 broad experience in anaesthesia and have a postgraduate qualification equivalent to the FRCA (Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK). Experience in providing anaesthesia for ASA 1-3 patients requiring a range of surgery is essential. Candidates will need to have worked in the NHS for at least 6 months to be eligible to apply.
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Person specification
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Essential criteria
- Possession of a basic medical qualification (e.g. MBBS or Equivalent Registerable Medical Qualification) acceptable to the GMC for registration. 鈥 Provision of evidence of good standing from the applicant鈥檚 local medical regulatory council. 鈥 Demonstrate knowledge of English by obtaining an overall score of 7.5, with minimum scores of 7.0 in speaking, listening, reading and writing. In the 鈥楢cademic鈥 test of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). 鈥 Eligibility for PLAB exemption. 鈥 Provision of two structured, supportive references from supervising consultants, both of whom must have worked with the applicant within the last 2 years. 鈥 Provision of evidence of a postgraduate qualification acceptable to the RCoA (e.g. primary FRCA
- Eligibility for PLAB exemption. 鈥 Provision of two structured, supportive references from supervising consultants, both of whom must have worked with the applicant within the last 2 years.
Desirable criteria
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTIVENESs
- Minimum of 4 years of anaesthetic training (including current practice), equivalent to UK ST4+ level, including critical care experience. 鈥 Minimum of 6 months of work in the NHS. 鈥 Advanced Life Support certification (UK or equivalent). 鈥 Appropriate knowledge, practical skills and attitude to independently preoperatively assess and anaesthetise ASA 1-3 patients with distant supervision. 鈥 Ability to identify high risk patient preoperatively. 鈥 Ability and attitude to recognise a deteriorating patient and when to call for help. 鈥 Familiarity with core anaesthetic national guidance, eg DAS guidelines for failed intubation.
- Participation in clinical audit Understanding of audit principles and commitment to its use as a tool for raising and maintaining standards.
PERSONAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialty. Ability to work effectively and in harmony with medical, nursing and allied health professionals. Flexibility, punctuality and reliability. Ability to cope with stressful situations.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mrs Latha Kumar
- Job title
- Office Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07878145541
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