Locum Consultant Anaesthetist
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
The Department of Anaesthesia is dedicated to delivering high quality, patient centred care for all of our patients. It is an exciting time to join our enthusiastic and forward-thinking department as we open our brand-new Intensive Care Unit, build two new dedicated paediatric theatres, replaced our anaesthetic machines with state-of-the-art technology and get our services recognised through the Anaesthesia Clinical Accreditation Service (ACSA).We have an excellent reputation for teaching and training, make a huge contribution to national research projects, are represented in senior management roles within the Trust and have a strong commitment to quality improvement. All of this has been achieved through the creation of a supportive, kind and friendly department which allows us all to thrive.
We look forward to hearing about the skills and knowledge you could bring to our department.
Main duties of the job
The Locum Consultant Anaesthesia position is a fixed-term post to maintain the minimum safe staffing requirements for service provision during maternity leave.
We would be happy to support applicants with sub-specialty interests who are interested in pursuing them at consultant level.
The Trust has close links with local teaching hospitals. We participate in training of medical students from both St George’s and Kings College Hospitals. Our Anaesthetic trainees are part of the St George’s School of Anaesthesia within the London Specialty School of Anaesthesia.
The anaesthetic department sends some consultants for sessions at the Orthopaedic treatment centre at Epsom.
The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care of Croydon patients, and to provide and develop anaesthetic services to Croydon Health Services patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.
It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of inpatient, outpatient and emergency work.
The successful applicant will provide strong visible presence across the organisation, be a role model of good leadership and effective communication at individual, team, directorate and whole organisation level.
Working for our organisation
Working for your organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:- Croydon University Hospital
- Purley Hospital
- The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
- Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
- A minor injuries unit in New Addington
The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our Vision:
“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”
Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:
- You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
- You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
- You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
- You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
- You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
“As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description/person specification for more details.
For further details and informal visits please contact:
Name
Dr Maria Chereshneva
Job title
Consultant Anaesthetist
Email address
[email protected]
Person specification
education
Essential criteria- education
Experience
Essential criteria- experience
- experience
We particularly welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic candidates as there is an under-representation at senior level within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.
We offer many flexible and part-time working opportunities and all of our substantive & Fixed Term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including parking, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.We value diversity and promote equality of opportunity.
DETAILS ON APPLICATION PROCESS
Please note that no job offer or volunteer placement will be made until satisfactory references have been received. You are asked to provide email addresses for all referees, and ensure their accuracy before submitting your application.
If you need to discuss any reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act, require the application form in a different format or would like advice in regard to the recruitment process, please email the South West London Recruitment Hub - [email protected]
In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process, if applicable, should you be appointed.
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Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.