Consultant - Anaesthesia

Role Overview

Consultant - Anaesthesia at NMC Royal Hospital. This is a physician-level role responsible for the clinical delivery and management of anesthesia services across surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.

Role Purpose

Develop, implement, and maintain anesthesia procedures and practices while ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and service. Lead anesthesiological services in coordination with surgical teams and other medical disciplines, and provide clinical oversight of anesthesia staff and resources.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Monitor patients before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
• Examine patients, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
• Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods or epidural, including painless labour (epidural analgesia).
• Perform regional anesthesia and nerve blocks with the aid of ultrasound machine.
• Position patients on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
• Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
• Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
• Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
• Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.
• Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.

Diagnostic & Ordering

• Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

Leadership & Management

• Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures.
• Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.
• Work closely with OT staff, hospital staff, department directors, and physicians to ensure the highest standards of quality and service are maintained.
• Collaborate with anesthesia technicians and nurses.
• Ensure that adequate staff with required qualification, training, experience and with necessary privileging, as well as equipment and other resources are available to meet patient's needs at all times.
• Schedule and maintain use of surgical suite, including operating, wash-up, waiting rooms, and anesthetic and sterilizing equipment.
• Ensure a smooth and effective functioning to provide quality and safe patient care.
• Responsible for the efficient operation of anesthesia services.

Policies, Procedures & Quality

• Develop, implement, monitor, and maintain anesthesia services policies and procedures.
• Maintain necessary quality control program.
• Administrative oversight.

Education & Training

• Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.
• Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.

Medical Consultation

• Provide medical care and consultation in many settings, prescribing medication and treatment and referring patients for surgery.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBBS or MBChB or equivalent qualification from an accredited and recognized university.
• Specialty qualification as per the recognized specialty certificate table.
• More than 7 years' experience post qualification.
• Maintain at all times an active license in home country and an active DOH License consistent with specialty practiced.
• Maintain an active Privilege per the specialty that is consistent with the scope of services and the required experiences to practice it, which is renewable every 2 years.