Consultant in neurocritical care and neuroanaesthesia

University College London Hospitals seeks to appoint a consultant in neurocritical care and neuroanaesthesia to the Department of Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). The purpose of this position is to meet the anticipated increase in clinical activity this year while providing a consultant-led service. The successful candidate will have job focus and on-call responsibility to neurocritical care, with sessions in neuroanaesthesia., The postholder will manage patient care within all areas of the neurocritical care unit, working across the acute admissions and ongoing level 3 units, the level 2 high dependency unit, as well as providing senior support to the critical care outreach team. They will provide on-call cover on a 1:9 basis, as well as a component of daytime weekend working providing support to the on-call consultant. The postholder will teach and supervise junior medical staff from intensive care, anaesthetic, internal medicine and neurosurgical backgrounds. They will participate in departmental teaching, audit, MDT and morbidity and mortality meetings.The postholder will be expected to carry out all the necessary administrative duties associated with the care of patients. They will become a member of the medical committee and be expected to attend monthly consultant departmental meetings. They will also be expected to participate in other committee work and are encouraged to bring existing non-clinical interests to the post.Neuroanaesthesia sessions are anticipated to comprise approximately 50% of the initial job plan and may include theatre sessions in complex spine, interventional neuroradiology (including thrombectomy), functional, vascular and oncological neurosurgery.

NHNN provides tertiary level care in a wide spectrum of neurological and neurosurgical disease with a regional, national and international referral base. The hospital is co-located with the Institute of Neurology in Queen Square, London WC1. Both institutions share the common aim of promoting research and teaching in neuroscience and its allied disciplines. The neuroscience critical care unit is a 28 bedded unit with approximately 900 admissions a year of which 35-40% are elective admissions. The postholder will join the department of Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care, which comprises 28 consultants and 39 trainees., University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum + London weighting (on-call Cat A 3%)