Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Job overview

We require enthusiastic and dynamic Anaesthetic Consultants with special interest in Regional Anaesthesia and/or Major Surgery to join our Department of Anaesthetics in Theatres and Critical Care Directorate.
Our two hospitals offer a varied scope of practice, with emergency and elective surgery split across the two sites. The Tunbridge Wells Hospital is the hub for emergency General surgery, Paediatrics, ENT, Lower GI, Bariatric surgery, Gynaecology, Obstetric services and Trauma surgery, while Ophthalmic, Urology, Upper GI, Breast and Gynae-oncology surgery is based at Maidstone Hospital. There are opportunities to develop personal interests in amongst other things management, research, governance, perioperative medicine, long term vascular access and medical education within the new Kent medical school.

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The successful candidate will provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team.

Participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

Work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the South East of England. The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 760,000 in South West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a wider population, including cancer services to around 2 million people in Kent, Medway and East Sussex.  Around 140,000 new patients present each year to the A&E departments.  It comprises two major hospitals: Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital, and Fordcombe Hospital, a smaller hospital located near Tunbridge Wells which provides NHS and private services. 

The Trust’s Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital.  The Trust Chair is Mrs Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford. The Chief Operating Officer is Mr Sara Davis.  The Clinical Director for Anaesthetics is Dr Helen Burdett and the General Managers are Joana Silva and Ms Erica Houghton.

Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is situated in an attractive part of the South East of England with good transport links to London and the Continent.  We also have some of the finest schools in the country, in both state and private sectors. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.

To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.

To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.

To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff.  You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.