Consultant in Anaesthetics; KCH

This consultant post sits in the Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Unit at Kent & Canterbury Hospital, part of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. The work combines anaesthesia lists, on-call commitments and cover for the intensive care unit. The 10 PA job plan is flexible and can be shaped around the appointee's skills, with anticipated lists in paediatrics, vascular, orthopaedics and urology.

Candidates need full GMC registration and CCT or CESR, or must obtain it within six months of interview.

• Deliver anaesthesia sessions alongside on-call commitments
• Cover intensive care (ITU)
• Work anaesthesia lists in paediatrics, vascular, endovascular, orthopaedics and urology
• Take on a specific departmental role within the second PA
• Support appraisal, revalidation and completion of mandatory training within that role

• Medical degree
• FRCA or equivalent
• English at Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent) or IELTS, or graduate of a UK medical school

• Full GMC registration
• CCT/CESR specialist registration, or obtained within 6 months of interview date

• Wide experience of anaesthesia
• Previous NHS experience
• ITU patient management experience
• Complex vascular anaesthesia experience
• Experience of teaching
• Audit participation

• Wide knowledge and experience of caring for critically ill adults

• Experience of morbidity and mortality review
• Evidence of audit of own practice

• Postgraduate qualification in clinical or education
• Fellowship in airway, regional or paediatric anaesthesia
• FFICM
• EDIC
• Critical care and/or anaesthesia publications or presentations
• Structured Judgment Review training
• Leadership management course