Main area Consultant Anaesthetist Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Locum: 12 months (pa) Hours 10 sessions per week (Full Time on a rota which includes weekends and overnights) Job ref 200-SNCT-712895-7753474-JT Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/04/2026 23:59 Locum Consultant Anaesthetist for Trauma NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m. Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital. We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds. As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth. Job overview Applications are invited for substantive consultant posts with as main interests in G eneral Subspecialties and Trauma Anaesthesia . Th is is a full time post at 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs for direct clinical care and 1 .5 PA s for SPA in support of personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal and revalidation. (Up to four substantive posts are available). Applicants should have the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and have suitable experience as described in the person specification in the job plan description . They should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected CCT date at the time of interview. Experience of NHS working practices and systems, (minimum two year s working for the NHS) is essential. For the timetable / DCC please see detailed info in the main advert. Specialist skills required include advanced training in perioperative medicine, trauma and regional anaesthesia. A proportion of the workload (flexible annualised sessions) has to be delivered at prime-time hours, at weekends and/or in the evenings. The workload during general on-calls does not ordinarily include obstetrics, paeds , ITU, major trauma, neuro, cardiac, which are all covered by separate consultant rotas. However, at times when workload exceeds manpower , you may be asked to help consultant colleagues on different rotas (example major trauma, obstetrics) . We will support applicants to pursue their subspecialty interests, as far as practicable . Main duties of the job The post holder will join the General Group of Anaesthetists which consists of approximately 35 Consultants and the Trauma Anaesthetists (approx. 1 4 ) . We are a friendly, approachable, dynamic and diverse group, who are enthusiastic in both teaching colleagues and learning new skills from colleagues . There is emphasis in wellbeing and supporting each other. The case mix at St George’s tends to be complex and challenging . Given the huge expertise in the department, it is easy to seek advice and discuss with an expert in a certain field or acquire new skills . We actively encourage our colleagues to pursue the diverse range of opportunities that arise within the department, the Trust, medical school and South Thames School of Anaesthesia. Several colleagues have held national leadership roles. This is a great opportunity to join our award-winning anaesthetic department, which is a highly diverse and inclusive workforce of over 100 Anaesthetic C onsultants providing expertise in a wide variety of anaesthetic subspecialties including Paediatrics, Neurosurgery, Cardio- thoracics , Intensive Care, Ac ute and C hronic P ain relief and academic positions in SGUL. There are over 60 trainees from St George’s School of Anaesthesia and clinical fellows who rotate through the anaesthesia subspecialties. Working for our organisation With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Our main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London (SGUL) and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together doctors, nurses and other clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients. These include the South London Cardiac and Stroke Network and the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St George’s Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful applicant will need commitment, enthusiasm, leadership qualities and the ability to work as part of a large multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be required to participate in clinical governance activities within the service centre. The post holder will be expected to observe the trust’s agreed policies and procedures drawn up with the profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust. To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations. To ensure confidentiality at all times , only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments. To work in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery. To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role. To comply with St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust No Smoking Policies. To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service. This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the postholder. *** Essential qualifications*** candidates will not be shortlisted for an interview, if they do not meet all the essential criteria . There will be no scoring of remaining criteria, if the essential criteria are not met. (score zero). Person specification Essential Qualifications

Holder of Certificate of completion of training (CCT) training in Anaesthesia or equivalent FRCA or equivalent Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with licence to practice A minimum of 2 years experience of working in the NHS MSc, PhD or similar, echocardiography skills

Experience

Publications in peer reviewed literature Publications in book chapters or poster presentations at conferences Publications in journals and/or letters published Presentations at national/international conferences Presentations at departmental/ hospital level / Grand Rounds or similar Research experience example Local Investigator etc

Skills - clinical

Major Trauma and orthopaedics Advanced regional skills (including nerve catheters) Perioperative Medicine skills (for PACU, high risk clinics or similar)

Skills - teaching

Evidence to show teaching junior anaesthetic colleagues Evidence to show teaching Consultant colleagues (example anaesthetic and surgical) Evidence to show teaching nursing staff/ODP's / multi-disciplinary Evidence to show teaching medical students Evidence of teaching in a simulator centre Awards or prizes for presentations delivered or other aspects of medical career Post-graduate teaching qualification, Trainer

Skills - resus

Resus certification: current adult resus (ALS or similar, but not iLS) Resus certification: current paeds resus (APLS or similar, but not PiLS) Resus Instructor: current or experience in resus courses European Trauma Course or similar

Skills - IT

Designing infographics/posters Good IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams or similar)

Leadership

On-call rota management Trainee Representative or similar Post-graduate qualification in leadership and management Lead role in an established service or a developing service non-clinical management experience Evidence of projects/experience in supporting colleagues in well-being & coping strategies

Audit, QI

Evidence of completion of audit and/or QI projects Evidence of leading clinical audits, implementing change, monitoring compliance Awareness of service development issues Excellent written and verbal communication skills Hobbies/ interests outside medicine MSF feedback within last three years Evidence of willingness to work flexibly to accommodate demands of clinical work and support colleagues Evidence of team working

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below. Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs. As part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

The machine readable zone An ultra violet image An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address. Employer certification / accreditation badges 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. Name Alex Eeles and Das Ragavan Job title: Joint Consultant Anaesthetists and Lead for Trauma Email address: Alex.Eeles@stgeorges.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02087250051 Additional information For informal discussion and more information, about this post please contact: Alex.Eeles@stgeorges.nhs.uk and dassen.ragavan@stgeorges.nhs.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr