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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
YC73
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (This will be a 10 PA contract, 9 DCC including 0.5 on call commitment (1:9 rota) and 1 SPA)
Job ref
392-MS001-LCMASIPM
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore
Town
Stanmore
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 +£2,162 LW per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/02/2026 23:59

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Locum Consultant Anaesthetist/Specialist interest in Periop Medicine

YC73

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

Applications are invited for a 12-month post of Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia with a special interest in Perioperative medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).

10 Programmed Activities will be offered – 9 Direct Clinical Care (which includes 0.5 PA for on call) and 1 Supporting Professional Activities.

The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. It is expected that the initial job plan will be reviewed after 6 months of service. Initial job plan will include sessions within all major units at the RNOH including the peripheral nerve injury unit, sarcoma unit, joint replacement unit, spinal unit, shoulder unit, foot & ankle unit, and anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic. Candidates must be able to demonstrate clinical experience at either fellowship or consultant level for perioperative medicine, including anaesthesia for complex orthopaedic and complex spinal deformity surgery.

Job plans may be changed to accommodate where possible the specific requests of the candidate and the needs of the department.

Currently the Trust permits flexibility in time and space to accommodate SPAs.

Main duties of the job

·         to maintain the highest clinical standards in the practice of anaesthesia and will undertake any reasonable clinical responsibility which relates to providing anaesthesia services.

 

·         actively involved in the management of the department including attendance at the anaesthetic department meetings, MDT and regular morning meetings. They will be expected to take an active and engaged role in departmental and academic responsibilities as allocated by agreement across the department, including cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences as appropriate.

 

·        engage fully and proactively in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit.

 

·         The postholder will be expected to engage in continuing professional development.

 

·         A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer prior to the commencement date of the appointment.

 

·         The job plan shall be reviewed annually.  It will cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities, including a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.

 

·         It shall also include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

 

 

Working for our organisation

RNOH is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and is regarded as a leader in the field of orthopaedics both nationally and internationally.  Our range of services includes Joint Reconstruction, Spinal Surgery, Bone Tumour & Soft Tissue Sarcomas (supra regional service), Peripheral Nerve Injury, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Congenital Deformity, and Complex & Revision Joint Work. There is also a dedicated Spinal Cord Injury Centre receiving referrals from London and the South of England. Our clinical effectiveness is enhanced by working in partnership with University College London and the UCL Institute of Orthopaedic and Musculo-skeletal Science, based within the Stanmore Campus.  Our main hospital site at Stanmore is located in extensive grounds set amongst green belt countryside. There is easy road access from the M1, the A1(M) and the A41. We are within easy reach of London. There is a free bus service to and from the two local tube stations on the Northern and Jubilee lines. Currently there is free parking within the hospital grounds. There is an outpatient department facility at Bolsover Street, near Great Portland Street tube.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Jobs with 10 Programmed Activities will be offered as 9 Direct Clinical Care (DCC), 1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. There is scope for increasing SPA activity, either by reducing DCC activity or by additional programmed activities, by mutual agreement, for specific Trust related roles.

 

The number of PAs will be adjusted for part time consultants in discussion with the Clinical Director.

 

·         The post will have direct clerical and operational support as well as secondary administrative support to facilitate the consultant’s participation in national and local audits and registries.

 

·        Departments are moving towards a team-based approach to their workload.

 

·        Resources are deployed flexibly in the way that best meets patients’ needs. The post holder would be expected to participate in this approach.

 

·        The job plan will involve the following commitments: -

 

10 PAs including:

·         Elective operating lists

·         Pre-assessment clinics

·         On Call commitment

·         1 PA Supporting Professional Activities

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • FRCA or GMC recognised equivalent qualification
  • CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent training
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Registrar with CCT in anaesthesia or equivalent or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview
  • ALS & APLS/EPLS
  • Full GMC registration
  • Experience in anaesthesia for specialist orthopaedic and complex spinal deformity surgery
  • Experience in Intensive Care
Desirable criteria
  • Dual CCT in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
  • FFICM Qualification
  • Evidence of contributing to research (i.e. local lead for regional / national studies, experience with recruiting patients to RCTs, up to date with GCP)
  • Evidence of teaching qualification
  • Leadership experience - e.g. departmental rota/leave coordinator, including evidence of formal management training.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in Anaesthesia for specialist complex orthopaedic surgery
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Anaesthesia for spinal deformity
  • Additional professional qualification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Track record of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues.
  • Effectively work within a team environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Competent in all aspects of skills appropriate to the role.
  • Computer literacy/IT skills
  • Ability to effectively supervise junior medical staff
  • Understanding of wellbeing
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in conflict management and able to motivate colleagues (medical and non-medical)
  • Evidence of sustained commitment to organising and delivering training / teaching to nursing and medical staff, at Trust / Regional or National level

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Understanding the NHS management structure
  • Audit experience
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of management training
  • History of CIP involvement and delivery

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of interest in teaching and training
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching course
  • Evidence of ability to undertake assessments of trainees
  • Demonstrate an interest in teaching and training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkBronze Trailblazer by Race Equality MattersDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldAccredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRoyal College of Anaesthetists AccreditedCareLeaver CovenantThe Employer Standards provide a clear framework to businesses of all shapes and sizes to maximise the impact of employer engagement with young people, ensuring mutual value and long-term business successSilver membership of the 5% Club

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Vishal Venkat Raman
Job title
CD Theatres, Critical Care, Periop Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 909 5560
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