Trust Grade Registrar in Critical Care and Anaesthesia

We are seeking seven enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Trust Grade Registrars to join our Anaesthesia and Critical Care departments at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWHT).

The posts are primarily designed for doctors with established experience in Intensive Care Medicine who are capable of functioning as the senior resident registrar within a consultant-led critical care service.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the resident on-call rota covering Intensive Care and Enhanced Care services across Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospitals.
• Function as the senior resident registrar within the Critical Care service, supported at all times by an on-call Intensive Care Consultant.
• Assess, investigate and initiate management of critically ill patients presenting with respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, renal, metabolic and infectious pathologies.

Critical Care Responsibilities

• Participate in the resident on-call rota covering Intensive Care and Enhanced Care services across Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospitals.
• Function as the senior resident registrar within the Critical Care service, supported at all times by an on-call Intensive Care Consultant.
• Assess, investigate and initiate management of critically ill patients presenting with respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, renal, metabolic and infectious pathologies.

Anaesthetic Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia and analgesia for patients undergoing elective and daytime CEPOD surgery across all Trust sites, exclusively under the direct, immediate supervision of an allocated Anaesthetic Consultant.
• Post holders will not hold an anaesthetic on-call bleep. Out-of-hours commitments are entirely within Intensive Care and Enhanced Care services.
• Undertake pre-operative assessments and provide post-operative care in the recovery room.
• Advise surgical and pre-operative assessment teams on the preparation of patients for surgery.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £45,715 to £69,976 per annum
• Opportunities for professional development and growth

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Primary medical qualification acceptable to the GMC, Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise, Evidence of good standing from current medical regulatory body (where applicable), Advanced Life Support (ALS) provider certificate or equivalent
• Clinical Experience, Knowledge and Effectiveness: Minimum of 4 years postgraduate clinical experience, Minimum of 2 years experience working in an Intensive Care Unit, Experience managing critically ill patients with respiratory failure, septic shock, multi-organ dysfunction and major perioperative complications
• Communication: Coherent, confident, diplomatic and decisive in verbal and written communication, Communicates effectively with the multidisciplinary team, patients and their families
• Management, Audit and Research: Ability to manage own workload/time and train medical staff, Participation in clinical audit, Understanding of audit principles and commitment to its use as a tool for raising and maintaining standards