Consultant Anaesthetist in General Anaesthesia | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in the UK is seeking 3 Consultant Anaesthetists to join their department. The roles involve providing anaesthetic services at two hospital sites, offering on-call cover, and supervising trainee anaesthetists. Candidates should have a strong background in anaesthesia with subspecialties in areas such as vascular and neurosurgery. This role supports an integrated health partnership serving over 1.6 million patients. Applications close on December 18, 2025.

Qualifications

• Consultant Anaesthetist posts with varied sub-speciality interests.
• Experience in providing anaesthetic services in an acute hospital setting.
• Ability to supervise trainee anaesthetic staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide theatre cover for anaesthetic services.
• Deliver on-call cover for CEPOD theatres.
• Supervise and train anaesthetic trainees.

Job description

The department of Anaesthetics are currently looking for 3 Consultant Anaesthetists to join the team.

A total of 80 Consultant Anaesthetists including 7 Locum Consultants currently work for the Trust. The department also currently employs 1 Associate Specialists, 2 Specialist Grade Anaesthetists, 1 Specialty Doctor and about 30 trainees based in Anaesthesia ranging from CT1-ST7. 8 Senior Clinical Fellows are employed in the anaesthetic department. There are also trainees from acute medicine, respiratory medicine and emergency medicine who rotate through training in Intensive care and we train both FY1 and FY2 Doctors from our Local Foundation School.

There are 10 Anaesthesia Associates working in the department. Secretarial and administrative support to the Department is provided by 4 Anaesthesia Co-ordinators and two secretaries based in critical care.

Each of the 3 Consultant General Anaesthetic posts have varied sub-speciality interests such as Vascular, Neurosurgery, UGI, Gynaeoncology, Trauma/Orthopaedics and Pre-assessment.

The Consultant Anaesthetist will provide Anaesthetic services at both Trust sites, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. The Consultant Anaesthetist will also provide on call cover for CEPOD Theatres in Hull Royal Infirmary at 1 in 24 with prospective cover.

The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:

1. Provide theatre cover as below.
2. Provide an Anaesthetic Service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan.
3. Provide 1 in 24 on call cover for CEPOD Theatres in Hull Royal Infirmary.
4. Supervise trainee Anaesthetic staff within the Trust.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG, and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details regarding this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025.