Consultant in Anaesthesia

UHDB; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

On-call commitment

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join the Queen's Hospital Burton anaesthetic department. The role covers a broad portfolio with opportunities to shape services, teach, and participate in governance and research.

The post offers a stable NHS career with a commitment to education, clinical governance and service development, including flexible working options and a strong multidisciplinary team across Derbyshire and South East

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent
• FRCA or equivalent higher qualification (i.e FCARCSI)
• Life Support Qualifications ALS
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthetics Specialty OR within 6 months of CCT
• Additional higher medical/scientific degree relevant to the specialty
• Training Qualification

Responsibilities

• Provide independent consultant anaesthetic care across a wide range of surgical specialties.
• Participate in the 1:18 out-of-hours consultant on-call rota.
• Work with surgical, theatre, critical care and multidisciplinary teams.
• Supervise and teach resident doctors and medical students.
• Engage in clinical governance, audits and service development.
• Contribute to protocols, guidelines and new ways of working.
• Opportunity to pursue research and development aligned to interests.

Education

MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

FRCA or equivalent higher qualification

Life Support Qualifications ALS

Full GMC registration with a license to practice

GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthetics

Additional higher medical/scientific degree

Training Qualification

Job description

Main area Anaesthetics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call commitment) Job ref 320-MDQ-8403514-DKR

Site Queens Hospital Burton Town Burton On Trent Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/12/2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff, you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

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The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Anaesthetist to join our established & a supportive Anaesthetic Department at Queen's Hospital Burton.

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly and experienced consultant team, working across a broad and varied range of anaesthetic practice. Queen's Hospital Burton provides anaesthetic services across general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, obstetrics, gynaecology, ENT, maxillofacial, paediatrics, urology & ophthalmology, providing plenty of variety as well as opportunities to develop individual specialist interests.

We have a strong multidisciplinary approach & place real importance on education, training, clinical governance and continuous improvement. Consultants are encouraged to contribute to service development, quality improvement, teaching & research, with scope to develop their own areas of interest within the needs of the department.

It is also an exciting time to join us. We are continuing to develop our elective surgical services at Burton and have ambitions to progress our surgical hub accreditation, creating opportunities for the successful applicant to be involved in shaping and developing services rather than simply joining an established rota.

We would particularly welcome applicants who want to become an active part of the department, bring new ideas and help us continue to improve the services we provide for patients across Burton upon Trent and the surrounding area.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive anaesthetic service across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, with Queen's Hospital Burton as their base hospital.

The role will include:

• Providing independent consultant anaesthetic care across a wide range of surgical specialties.
• Participating in the 1:18 out-of-hours consultant on-call rota.
• Working collaboratively with surgical, theatre, critical care and wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Supporting the supervision, education and training of resident doctors, medical students and other healthcare professionals.
• Participating in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of services, including protocols, guidelines and new ways of working.
• Opportunities to contribute to research, innovation and development according to individual interests.

The post is initially based around 8.5 Direct Clinical Care PAs and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activity PAs, with a final job plan agreed with the Clinical Director and reviewed after three months.

Our Anaesthetic Department provides anaesthetic and critical care support across a varied surgical portfolio including:

• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• General Surgery
• Obstetrics
• Gynaecology
• ENT
• Maxillofacial Surgery
• Paediatrics
• Urology
• Ophthalmology.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will work with existing consultants to provide high-quality anaesthetic services to patients across Derbyshire, East Staffordshire and the surrounding areas.

Alongside clinical commitments, the post provides opportunities to contribute to teaching, research, audit, quality improvement and service development. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their specialist interests within the needs of the service and these will be considered as part of the individual job-planning process.

We have a strong focus on multidisciplinary working, education, clinical governance and continuous improvement. Consultants are actively encouraged to participate in teaching, monthly audit and education activity, research, quality improvement and the development of their own specialist interests.

Applicants wishing to work less than full time will also be considered, and job-share applications are welcomed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent
• FRCA or equivalent higher qualification (i.e FCARCSI)
• Life Support Qualifications ALS
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice at time of application
• GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthetics Specialty OR within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview OR If applying for Full GMC Registration & Licence to Practice simultaneously with a Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) application, supporting documentary evidence must be provided at interview, to confirm an application has been submitted & is under consideration by the GMC.(remove if locum consultant post)
• Additional higher medical/scientific degree relevant to the specialty
• Training Qualification

Management & Administrative Experience

• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development & the requirements of clinical governance
• Attended a leadership/management course for consultants

Teaching Experience

• Experience of & commitment to teaching undergraduates & postgraduates
• Experience of teaching clinical skills
• Specific teaching qualification
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to under-graduates
• Attended a recognised teaching training course

Audit/Research Experience

• Experience of & commitment to clinical audit and quality improvement projects, evidence of QI
• Evidence of relevant academic and research
• Ability to supervise research and Audit

Communication

• Experience of formal presentations
• Evidence of ability to work as part of an MDT, sharing administrative duties
• Attended a management/leadership course

Clinical Knowledge

• Evidence of independent clinical practice
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge
• 1 year NHS experience
• Ability to offer expert opinion & take full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients across the wide spectrum of Anaesthesia disorders.
• Interest in an area of Anaesthesia complimentary to existing consultants

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position, we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

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Name Dr Rebecca Simons Job title Associate Clinical Director Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01283511511

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