Consultant Anaesthetist: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Anaesthetic department at Kings is delighted to advertise this Consultant in Anaesthesia post to cover for permanent full time role.

This post is aimed primarily at Consultant level anaesthetists wishing to gain experience in a broad range of anaesthesia as well as further experience in regional anaesthesia.

We deliver anaesthesia for a range of general and subspecialty areas including Neurosurgery, Cardio-thoracics, Hepatobiliary, Endocrine, Maxillofacial, Liver Transplant, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and Major Trauma.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery and ongoing development of high-quality anaesthetic and perioperative services within a supportive and collaborative Trust environment.

The successful candidate will provide expert anaesthetic care across a range of elective and emergency surgical specialties, including participation in theatre sessions, pre-operative assessment, and perioperative management of complex patients.

N.B. We will shortly be advertising a Locum Consultant post (subject to approval). Please keep an eye on our website for further updates.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Anaesthetist, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care, while working closely with surgical colleagues, multidisciplinary teams, and wider hospital services. You will be expected to provide senior clinical leadership, contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives, and support the training and supervision of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.

The post offers opportunities to develop specialist interests in line with service needs and personal expertise, alongside active involvement in teaching, research, and innovation.

Person Specification

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day to day organisation of anaesthetic services in a busy Teaching Hospital

Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification Simulation instruction/facilitator Course design/course director

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification
  • Full Registration with GMC and completed subspecialty training programme in anaesthesia Eligible to apply for a Substantive Consultant post – CCT or within 6 months of completion
  • FRCA or equivalent

Desirable

  • Masters degree or equivalent.
  • Additional qualifications/diplomas in specialist areas for example, Perioperative Medicine, Trauma Sciences or Regional Anaesthesia

Training and Experience

Essential

  • IAC and IACO
  • Proven post-graduate experience in anaesthesia
  • Wide experience in delivery of anaesthesia for general, major/high risk surgery and trauma/cepod surgery

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering anaesthesia independently and supervising junior colleagues within that capacity.
  • Experience in ophthalmic anaesthesia and preoperative assessment
  • Major traumaRegional anaesthesia competence Additional training/fellowship in a specialist area management experience

Audit

Essential

  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects and QIPs

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of anaesthesia.
  • Contribution to national projects

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Experience of clinical research.

Desirable

  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 September 2026

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