Locum Consultant Anaesthetist
Site: West Middlesex University Hospital
We are looking for one enthusiastic and self-motivated consultants to join our department. This will be a six month renewable contract up to one year in total to cover for Maternity leave. The successful candidate will cover general theatre lists as well as labour ward and may have the opportunity to participate in general on-calls once fully orientated to the department.
Depending on workload and departmental needs, the post may be extended beyond the original period.
This is a full time post of 10PA, divided into 8.5PA direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5PA supporting professional activities (SPA). Theatre sessions are typically delivered flexibly across the weekdays, although the department may be able to accommodate some requests with regards to a fixed element to the work pattern. Some Theatre sessions will be delivered on weekends.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Roles and responsibilities:
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
1.1. The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
1.2. Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
1.3. Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
1.4. Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
1.5. Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.
1.6. Develop clinical practice through self-reflection and learning from experience, application of research into practice and active contribution within the multi-disciplinary team.
Research, Teaching and Training
2.1. Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Lead. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
2.2. Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues.
2.3. Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
Performance Management
Work with medical, nursing, other clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
Clinical efficiency e.g. Length of Stay (LOS) reductions, admission on day of surgery, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team
Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information
