Consultant Anaesthetist for Pre-assessment Service

Consultant Anaesthetist for Pre-Assessment Service

**Job Description**:
**Consultant Anaesthetist for Pre-Assessment Service**
**Cromwell Hospital, London**

**Salary: £125,000 a year - full time equivalent**

**Part-time & job share options available**
**8am to 6pm**

**We make health happen.**

We are seeking an experienced Consultant Anaesthetist to provide medical input to our pre-assessment service from 0800-1800, Monday to Friday. In the relatively unlikely event that an emergency theatre case should arise during these hours, the post holder will also be expected to provide anaesthetic cover, before handing over to, or taking handover from, the on-call anaesthetist who is on duty for emergencies from 1800-0800.

The post holder will conduct a morning clinic from 0800-1300 to assess high risk pre-operative patients and request any necessary investigations.

From 1300 -1800, the post holder will be responsible for collating and acting on abnormal test results, contacting patients and making clinical referrals, where specialty input in required.

**You'll help us make health happen by**:

- Conduct pre-assessment of selected high-risk patients scheduled for elective surgery, including reviewing medical history, drug history, requesting appropriate investigations and making specialty referrals in order optimise the patient pre-operatively.
- Work collaboratively with pre-assessment nursing staff, operating surgeons and anaesthetists and theatre teams to ensure smooth patient flow and optimal clinical outcomes.
- Review test results and advise on any further investigations, interventions or referrals that are required to optimise patients pre-operatively and reduce the risk of cancellation.
- Provide emergency anaesthetic cover, should the need arise, between the hours of 0800 and 1800, within their scope of practice.

**Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role**:

- Full registration with General Medical Council.
- Be fit to practice
- CCT in Anaesthetics
- Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression outcomes or appraisal
- Evidence of clinical competencies in the specialty
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
- Ability to work without supervision

**Benefits**

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

- Annual leave accrual paid every time you work
- Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
- Access to preferential rates on Bupa products, such as health assessments, menopause plan and some dental practices
- Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme

At Bupa we adhere to a structured framework when awarding any changes to salary. We believe this creates a fair and consistent approach for all colleagues looking to grow or change role.

**Why Bupa?**

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately

Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Clinical Services
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London

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