Trust Doctor; CTEquivalent) in Anaesthetics

Main area Anaesthetics Grade MN37 Contract Fixed term: 3 months (Contract end date 03/02/2027) Hours Full time - 48 hours per week Job
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Site Hammersmith Hospital Town London Salary £45,715 - £69,976 per annum +LDN Weighting + 1A banding (50%) Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Trust Doctor (CT2 Equivalent) in Anaesthesia, based at the Hammersmith Hospital for six months in the first instance, but may be extendable subject to satisfactory assessments. A minimum of six months prior anaesthetic experience is required for this post. The post is suitable to contribute to a CT3 equivalent year.

Hammersmith Hospital is home to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre, has three large cancer treatment centres (hepatobiliary, upper GI and gynaecology) and a specialist cardiac service with a 24/7 primary angioplasty centre, cardiac and thoracic surgery and cardiac intensive care. In addition, it covers a broad range of other surgical specialities including endocrine, urology, obstetrics and infertility.

Hammersmith Hospital is famous for its research achievements and has a large community of Imperial College London postgraduate medical students and researchers.

General elective anaesthetic care

Theatre list allocations change on a weekly basis which will allow the post holder to experience all of the anaesthetic subspecialties on offer at the Hammersmith under direct consultant supervision. Almost all of Hammersmith operating lists are designated consultant-delivered training lists.

General anaesthetic duties include preoperative assessment, intra-operative care and post-operative management of theatre cases.

In addition to elective theatre work, the post holder will cover cardiac arrests and the acute pain service when on call. The rota follows a full shift pattern with prospective cover and is compliant with the European Working Time Directive and the 2016 junior doctor contract.

Whilst on call the post holder is expected to be proactive and liaise effectively with the emergency theatre sister, anaesthetic registrar and relevant surgical specialities to prioritise the emergency workload and facilitate the timely management of any emergency theatre bookings. They are expected to respect other team members’ roles and to work constructively within the anaesthetic and theatre teams. They are expected to respond promptly and politely when called for assistance.

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