Consultant Anaesthetist (Paediatric Anaesthesia)
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9259-25-2075 |
Summary
We provide anaesthetic services across all our hospitals: The Royal London Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Newham Hospital and St Bartholomews Hospital (Barts). Future reconfiguration of services may lead to movement of anaesthetic staff across hospitals. At St Bartholomews Hospital: Cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, breast and endocrine, oncology, radiotherapy and cardiothoracic. With the exception of ophthalmic and breast surgery, all other surgical services moved to the Royal London Hospital in 2012. At the Royal London Hospital: POA, Pain acute and chronic, Trauma and orthopaedics, gynae-oncology, gynaecology, urology, HPB, colorectal, ENT, general and plastic surgery, neurosurgery, vascular, renal, maxillofacial, dental, paediatrics, obstetrics and interventional radiology. Paediatric Anaesthesia The paediatric anaesthetic department consists of 16 consultants, as well as designated paediatric anaestheticresidents. We have specific links to the Paediatric Critical Care (PCCU), the Childrens Acute Transport Service (CATS), and the Trauma Service. We cover all surgical specialities (excluding cardiac and burns surgery), and manage children presenting with multiple complex co-morbidities,and neonates. Weco-ordinate an acute paediatricpain service (along with twospecialist pain nurses) and support the level 3 medical and surgical neonatal unit, Paediatric A&E (the biggest in London), and PCCU. Paediatric surgery has its own dedicated theatre floor with 4 operating theatres and associated wards. We also support children having general anaesthesia for interventional radiology,endoscopy, MRIand in a stand-alone dental institute. We provide structured training to residents from the School of Anaesthesia during their paediatric block; afford opportunities for research and audit. We host an international Paediatric Anaesthesia Education Day every November