Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

We have opportunities for enthusiastic and outstanding anaesthetists to join our vibrant and growing department.Our department's principal aim is to provide the highest quality perioperative and anaesthetic care to patients treated at UCLH - hence, we are looking for candidates who are clinically excellent, exemplary communicators, and who provide empathic and holistic care. We are proud to deliver excellent teamwork within the department, compassionate leadership within and external to the Trust, and genuine inclusivity and diversity in terms of the personal attributes of our members and our collective professional activities. We are looking for new colleagues who share these qualities and values and can use them as a core upon which to build their career with us. As a trust and department, we also provide a wealth of opportunities to pursue interests in research, quality improvement, leadership, and education., o To contribute alongside the consultant body to an excellent standard of care covering the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and management of patients requiring anaesthetic services.o To contribute to safety and quality initiatives and improvement projects being undertaken in the trust.o To supervise and support resident doctors, clinical fellows and specialty doctors. o To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department.o To contribute and support departmental meetings.o To fully comply with requirements for annual appraisal and job planning and maintain an up -to-date mandatory training record.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.