Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is pleased to announce we have a 10PA locum consultant anaesthetist post available. The anaesthetic department is proud to be a diverse and inclusive department where all new colleagues receive a warm and friendly welcome. You will be joining a department with 40 consultants who provide a large elective and emergency provision to a wide range of services. 10 Programmed Activities will be offered - 9 Direct Clinical Care delivered over 4/3 days and 1 Supporting Professional Activities. There may be the need to add an on call commitment in either ITU or Theatre. The appointment is for the fixed period of ten months. Job plans 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 3 months service., The key duties will include, but not be limited to: Provision of high quality anaesthetic care Clinical Supervision and support of junior anaesthetic staff Active participation in departmental, Trust and national clinical audit To engage with the Trust's appraisal programme for medical staff Regular timetabled activities in the preoperative department Preoperative assessment Regional anaesthesia provision.

The specific job plan will be developed in partnership between the needs of the department and the successful applicant. Initial job plan will include sessions with the majority of services provided at the RNOH, including the peripheral nerve injury unit, sarcoma unit and joint replacement unit. In addition to theatre sessions the appointee will be expected to provide assessment and management of patients attending the preoperative clinics.

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.

£99,532 to £131,964 a year +£2,162 LW per annum pro rata