Consultant Anaesthetists

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join the Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary teams in Oldham. The post offers a 10 PA contract focused on theatre work with additional on-call, weekend trauma, and pre-operative assessment duties to support service requirements.

The successful candidate will be on the specialist register for anaesthesia or near to it, and will ideally have obstetric anaesthesia experience, FRCA, and active ALS/ACLS

Job description

Consultant Anaesthetist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

CAPTION:

• Company: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Oldham, OL1 2JH
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 5 Oct 2026
• Closing date: 4 Nov 2026

Summary

The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Anaesthetics within the Northerncare Alliance.

The Oldham Care Organisation is increasing its paediatric surgical workload with a potential case mix age of 6 months and older. We are therefore looking to increase our paediatric anaesthetic expertise in order to cover this change.

Surgery currently includes Orthopaedics and Trauma, General Elective & Emergency Surgery, Vascular Elective and Emergency Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Surgery, Urology, Day Case Gynaecology, Elective and Emergency Maternity.

There is a busy Obstetric Unit with over 5,000 deliveries per annum. The department at ROH has a strong reputation for teaching and has CT and ST trainees for Anaesthesia, ACCS and ICU. The Department has a strong learning structure with opportunities to be involved in the regular Simulation. The post offers a 10 PA contract primarily to cover theatre work during the week dependent on the requirements of the service at ROH. The post also includes on-call duties, weekend trauma and pre-operative assessment clinic cover. While routine cover will be at the Oldham and Rochdale sites, there may be an expectation to occasionally work at other sites.

The Anaesthesia and Surgical Division are looking to appoint a number of Consultant Anaesthetists to join our growing team at The Royal Oldham Hospital. You will join an enthusiastic and supportive team of anaesthetists and intensivists in the provision of an anaesthetic service to the Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary.

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic candidates who can demonstrate:

• Candidates must be on the specialist register for anaesthesia or have a reasonable expectation of achieving this within six months
• Candidates must be able to demonstrate an ability to deliver obstetric anaesthesia
• Expertise in ophthalmic regional anaesthesia is desirable
• FRCA or equivalent
• APLS is essential ATLS or ETC certification is desirable
• Completion of CCT/higher specialist training or equivalent in Anaesthesia
• Current Advanced Life Support Certification
• Participation in a management training course

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026