Consultant Anaesthetist

United Lincolnshire Hospitals; Boston; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Bank holiday/extra shift pay

Career development

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group at Pilgrim hospital is recruiting a Consultant Anaesthetist to deliver high-quality anaesthetic care. The role will operate across a 7‑day model with cross-site flexible working and potential part-time arrangements to suit service needs.

The post is in an accredited Department of Anaesthesia, with responsibilities spanning perioperative care, teaching, and ongoing service development to meet growing demand.

Qualifications

• Consultant anaesthetist role within a Royal College of Anaesthetists accredited department.
• Part-time hours will be considered to balance service needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consultant anaesthetic services across a 7-day model.
• Emergency and elective work including weekend commitments as required.
• Support perioperative pathways and teaching, research and training as appropriate.
• 1:13 rota with 1.63 programmed activity plus a 3% supplement.

Job description

We are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sectors of the community.

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part‑time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part‑time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off‑site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full‑time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full‑time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full‑time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on‑site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on‑site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

In the Department of Anaesthesia at Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group we are dedicated to delivering the organisations vision of “caring and building a healthier future for all” through delivering on the Trusts strategic aims of Better care, Better opportunities and Better health for our patients, staff and community.

We are committed to collaborative working and invite dynamic applicants who share these values to apply for consultant roles within our department and organisation.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery and continual improvement of high‑quality anaesthetic, peri‑operative and pre‑operative services across the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group. Working collaboratively across sites, the Consultant Anaesthetist will provide safe and effective anaesthetic care, enhance patient experience, support service development, deliver clinical leadership and contribute to teaching, training and research. The role is central to meeting growing surgical demand and ensuring sustainable, patient‑centred services for a population of 750,000.

Main duties of the job

The duties and on‑calls of the post will primarily be based at Pilgrim hospital with the expectation for cross‑site flexible working.

The Department of Anaesthesia is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, ensuring a strong training and clinical governance environment.

Applicants with subspecialty interests are encouraged to contact the clinical lead to discuss how their expertise can be supported within the service.

Although advertised as full‑time roles, part‑time hours will be considered, with job content tailored individually to balance service needs and personal circumstances.

The postholder will deliver consultant anaesthetic services across a 7‑day model, including.

• Emergency work
• Elective/planned weekend work where clinically required
• Support for perioperative pathways operating across 7 days
• 1:13 rota
• 1.63 PA + 3% supplement

Working for our organisation

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without