Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Paediatrics

Overview

Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Paediatrics at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Applications are invited for a locum consultant anaesthetist with an interest in paediatric anaesthesia. Applicants should have the FRCA or an equivalent qualification and suitable experience as described in the person specification in the job plan description. Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected CCT date at the time of interview. The closing date is 23 October 2025.

Main duties of the job

Children's anaesthesia is predominately managed in the Lanesborough Theatre complex. Anaesthesia is provided for paediatric medical and surgical specialties including general surgery, urology, orthopaedics (including scoliosis service), plastics, maxillofacial, dental, ENT, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, general medicine and oncology. There is also a busy paediatric radiology service including interventional procedures. St George's is a major trauma centre serving a population of 2.6 million. The ambulance service and air ambulance service bring many children involved in multi-trauma to the hospital.

St George's has a PICU and step-down unit with a total of 14 beds, and is the regional centre for the South West London Neonatal Network managing 39 cots (12 intensive care, 9 high dependency care, and 18 special care).

The post holder is required to be a flexible member of the anaesthetic department. There are 15 consultants in the paediatric anaesthetic group. The group is dynamic and experienced, delivering anaesthesia to emergency paediatric patients and a large mix of the paediatric surgical and medical groups. On-call responsibilities are for neonatal and paediatric patients, and this is directly supported in the initial months of the post.

About us

The Anaesthetic department consists of a friendly, approachable, and diverse group of specialists who are enthusiastic in both teaching junior staff and colleagues and learning new skills. There is emphasis on wellbeing and supporting each other. The case mix at St George's is varied and often complex and challenging. Given the huge expertise in the department, it is easy to seek advice / 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, South Thames School of Anaesthesia and the greater medical community.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

There are two full-time locum posts of 10 PAs, with 8.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 PA for SPA in support of personal CPD, preparation for GMC appraisal and revalidation.

Please see main job descriptions for job plans.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Holder of Certificate of completion of training (CCT) training in Anaesthesia or equivalent, within six months of interview
• FRCA or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• MSc, PhD or similar
• Other resuscitation certifications

Experience

• Evidence of broad experience in all aspects of general anaesthesia and able to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of the patients
• Experience of NHS working practices and systems (minimum one year working for the NHS)
• At least 12 months Advanced Training or equivalent, or Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Relevant publications in peer reviewed literature
• Post graduate research

Skills / Clinical

• Logbook evidence of all cases within last 2 years
• Logbook evidence within neonatal and paediatric anaesthesia
• Application form: please include table data from your logbook for the above

Skills / Teaching

• Evidence of formal training in teaching methods
• Delivering teaching to Anaesthetic Consultants and Trainees
• Evidence of Multi-disciplinary teaching in Paediatric anaesthesia
• Evidence of delivering teaching to undergraduate students, postgraduate doctors and/or allied healthcare professionals
• Post-graduate teaching qualification or equivalent
• Teaching in the Simulator setting
• Evidence of Teaching at National Level / Regional Level
• Awards or prizes for presentations delivered

Skills / IT

• Use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams (or similar applications)
• Designing info graphics, posters

Skills / Leadership and Management

• Completion of appropriate Management /Leadership course (s)
• Previous experience /participation in a management/leadership role
• Post-graduate qualification in leadership and management
• Trainee Representative
• Lead role in developing a service
• Non-clinical management experience

Audit, Quality Improvement Projects (QIP) and service improvement

• Completion of Audits and/or QIPs within Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Knowledge and understanding of ACSA (Anaesthetic Clinical Service Accreditation)
• Experience in leading clinical audits, implementing change and monitoring compliance
• Adapting National Guidelines to departmental level
• Awareness of service development issues
• Ability to work productively in multidisciplinary teams both as team leader and as team member
• Team working within the non-clinical setting

Personal Qualities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to develop rapport with and discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
• Awareness of own personal developmental needs
• To live our Trust values: Excellent, kind, respectful and responsible
• Ability to support and motivate staff, to develop junior clinicians and other staff personnel
• Hobbies / interests outside of medicine

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust