Consultant Anaesthetist

NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a full-time Consultant Anaesthetist to join their team at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. This role involves providing high-quality anaesthetic services and leading a team of junior doctors. The position supports continuous development in a new Orthopaedic Centre set to open, enhancing patient care in the region.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Entry onto GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview.
• Experience of general and regional anaesthesia.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, effective anaesthetic service as expected of a consultant.
• Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director in Anaesthetics.
• Participate actively in clinical governance.

Skills

Organisational ability

Effective communication

Leadership capability

Education

MBBS or equivalent

FRCA & CCT in anaesthesia (or CESR)

Job description

Job summary

We are inviting candidates to be part of our Anaesthetic Consultant team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, working across both our hospital sites at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust's ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

This is a full time 10 PA Consultant Anaesthetist post, which is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (RHCH). If desired some anaesthetic sessions could be delivered cross-site by mutual agreement and depending on service needs.

The successful candidate will work within our friendly Anaesthetic Consultant team and provide departmental leadership and supervision of a group of junior and mid-grade doctors at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Role-specific duties:

Provide a safe, effective, responsive, and caring anaesthetic service to a level expected by a Consultant.Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director in Anaesthetics and work flexibly as far as is possible to accommodate the needs of the Department.To ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, quality improvement hampshirehospitalscareers.co.uk and evidence-based research.Participate actively in clinical governance, including reporting of incidents, investigation of serious incidents and any complaints.Show a determination to meet or exceed the standards of the National Patients' Rights Charter.To be familiar with the Royal College of Anaesthetists' curriculum for Junior Doctor Training and contribute to their training requirements, including tutorials and educational supervision where required.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor [e-mail].

Details Date posted

28 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-MD25085

Job locations

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

All candidates applying for this post will be contacted by email once the short-listing process is complete.

For further information on this post please contact Dr Samantha Wilson on 01256 313461 or [e-mail].

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

All candidates applying for this post will be contacted by email once the short-listing process is complete.

For further information on this post please contact Dr Samantha Wilson on 01256 313461 or [e-mail].

Person Specification Professional Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Entry onto GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview
• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCA & CCT in anaesthesia (or CESR)

Desirable

• Membership of relevant Specialist Societies
• MD or equivalent

Clinical Experience & Knowledge Essential

• Experience of general and regional anaesthesia to the level expected of UK consultant anaesthetist for a wide range of surgical specialities

Clinical Skills & Ability Essential

• Evidence of organisational ability
• Willingness to share administrative responsibilities
• Willingness to work flexibly to a level which would be reasonably expected of a consultant
• Understand the NHS system nationally; regionally and locally
• Aware of issues affecting current and future NHS practice
• Understands concepts and principles of clinical goverance
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability with multi-disciplinary teams
• Effective communicator and team worker
• Able to take responsibility, cope with stressful situations and adapt to change

Desirable

• Attended an NHS Management Course appropriate to consultant duties
• Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition

Research & Teaching skills Essential

• Commitment to teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates, with evidence of active participation in teaching
• An understanding of general principles, scientific method, and interpretation of literature
• Willingness to participate in formal teaching sessions
• Thorough understanding of principles of medicine audit
• Completed audit projects with evidence of active participation in audit

Desirable

• Attendance at specialist programmes to improve teaching, possession of certificates or diplomas of special expertise in teaching
• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other specific requirements Essential

• An appropriate, well-organised, and clearly presented CV including experience in the training of Specialist Trainees
• Willingness to pick up occasional extra work both in and out of hours beyond job plan with mutual agreement
• Willingness to work across Trust sites dependent on the needs of the service
• A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
• Punctuality, reliabilty and approachability
• Ability to maintain excellent professional relations with others

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to effect positive sustainable change
• Awareness of current service development issues within HHFT

Person Specification Professional Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Entry onto GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview
• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCA & CCT in anaesthesia (or CESR)

Desirable

• Membership of relevant Specialist Societies
• MD or equivalent

Clinical Experience & Knowledge Essential

• Experience of general and regional anaesthesia to the level expected of UK consultant anaesthetist for a wide range of surgical specialities

Clinical Skills & Ability Essential

• Evidence of organisational ability
• Willingness to share administrative responsibilities
• Willingness to work flexibly to a level which would be reasonably expected of a consultant
• Understand the NHS system nationally; regionally and locally
• Aware of issues affecting current and future NHS practice
• Understands concepts and principles of clinical goverance
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability with multi-disciplinary teams
• Effective communicator and team worker
• Able to take responsibility, cope with stressful situations and adapt to change

Desirable

• Attended an NHS Management Course appropriate to consultant duties
• Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition

Research & Teaching skills Essential

• Commitment to teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates, with evidence of active participation in teaching
• An understanding of general principles, scientific method, and interpretation of literature
• Willingness to participate in formal teaching sessions
• Thorough understanding of principles of medicine audit
• Completed audit projects with evidence of active participation in audit

Desirable

• Attendance at specialist programmes to improve teaching, possession of certificates or diplomas of special expertise in teaching
• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other specific requirements Essential

• An appropriate, well-organised, and clearly presented CV including experience in the training of Specialist Trainees
• Willingness to pick up occasional extra work both in and out of hours beyond job plan with mutual agreement
• Willingness to work across Trust sites dependent on the needs of the service
• A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
• Punctuality, reliabilty and approachability
• Ability to maintain excellent professional relations with others

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to effect positive sustainable change
• Awareness of current service development issues within HHFT

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).

Additional information 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).

Employer details Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)