Substantive Consultant Anaesthetist CW

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.

With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.

Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support .

Site Chelsea site Town London Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum plus LW allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 12/11/2026

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated consultants to join our department. We are looking to enhance the mix of skills and specialist interests within the consultant body.

Specifically, we would welcome candidates with strong interests in regional or obstetric anaesthesia, and a track record of implementing Patient Safety initiatives.

The successful candidate(s) would deliver theatre sessions and join the general anaesthetic on-call rota (currently 1:16 band A)

Post may include Saturday activity within the job plan.

Main duties of the job

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
• Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
• Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.
• Develop clinical practice through self-reflection and learning from experience, application of research into practice and active contribution within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Research, Teaching and Training
  • Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Director. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
  • Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues.
  • Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.

We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers

We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds

We deliver a baby every 50 minutes

We operate on a patient every 16 minutes

We do 50 imaging procedures each hour

We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

12.1 A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, Service Director and Divisional Medical Director including relevant general managers, on behalf of the Medical Director; this should be done within 3 months of starting the post. It is the post holder’s responsibility, working with the Service Director to ensure that the job plan reflects an average timetable of activity. However, consultants are senior professionals, and variation in activity is therefore to be expected.

12.2 The post holder and Divisional Medical Director/Service Director will review the Job Plan annually with relevant general managers. Either may propose amendment of the job plan. The expectation is that the Trust and the post holder will work together to benefit the patient and individuals will view the job plan as a guide which may be amended in line with service changes. The formulation of a job plan should not prevent a flexible approach to work to ensure the efficient running of the department.

12.3 The Trust will aim wherever possible to keep the job plan activity to a minimum consistent with achieving the best quality patient care and ensuring that members of staff work in accordance with the European Working Time Regulations. Job plans in excess of 10 PAs will be subject to annual review to ensure that all activity contained in the job plan is clinically and organisationally necessary.

Trust Values

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
• Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
• Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care

Education and Qualifications

• FRCA or equivalent
• CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent (on, or within 6 months of inclusion on, Specialist Register at time of interview)
• Higher Degree
• Education Qualification

Experience

• Experience in high-risk surgery for emergencies and ortho-trauma
• Experience in burns anaesthesia
• SIA or equivalent in obstetric / regional anaesthesia
• Previous consultant-level experience

Skills and Knowledge

• Highly organised, self-motivated and committed to personal development
• Ability to work with colleagues in a team and delegate appropriately
• Involvement in Governance and patient safety
• Understanding of and involvement in service development
• Track record of achieving sustained change through Quality Improvement processes

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.