Consultant Anaesthetist

This is an opportunity to join an expanding and innovative Perioperative Medicine team. A new preoperative pre-habilitation programme is being developed in addition to a new post-operative enhanced recovery team. The perioperative team also works within the SWL Perioperative Care Network and has led on several new national and regional projects. There will be lots of opportunities to help shape and develop these new services at Kingston Hospital and work on a regional level. We are hoping to gain a fellow in peri-operative medicine in the near future.

Our Pre-Assessment unit is nurse-led with support from consultant and specialty grade anaesthetists. We currently run 4 to 5 consultant/specialty clinics per week for the more complex patients. There is a weekly MDT, with plans to expand to more formal input from medical specialties.

A wide range of surgical specialties provide ample opportunity for maintaining and developing skills in many aspects of anaesthesia.

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic individuals who will contribute to our friendly department, not just by providing high quality anaesthesia for the specialities we cover but also by supporting the department in the wider sense. We would like to see evidence of participation in quality improvement projects and research and Involvement in teaching and training.

We are excited to invite applications for 2 Consultant Anaesthetists with a specialist interest in peri-operative medicine at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. We are a friendly and dynamic department with over 30 consultants. We deliver anaesthetic services to a wide range of district general hospital specialities, allowing the successful candidates a varied and fulfilling consultant career.

The Anaesthetic Department at Kingston Hospital consists of nearly 40 consultants and over 30 specialty doctors, trust grades and trainees. We are a motivated and supoortive group and were one of the first departments to achieve RCOA accreditation (ACSA), demonstrating our dedication to providing an outstanding quality of care and our enthusiasm to engage with national projects., Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust was formed by the merger of Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Trust. Kingston Hospital is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by Royal Parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. The acute hospital is located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and several outpatient clinics are run in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

Our Maternity Unit is the second biggest in London and receives excellent ratings from patients and reviewers alike.

JD is with the Royal College of Anesthetists for approval.