Consultant in Anaesthetics

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Canterbury is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist to join their dynamic team. This position involves delivering anaesthesia sessions with on-call duties and responsibilities for critical care. The role offers a flexible job plan tailored to individual skills and includes opportunities for education, audit, and research. Successful candidates will enjoy competitive annual leave, relocation expenses, and a supportive work environment as part of their healthcare improvement journey.

Benefits

32 days' annual leave

Relocation expenses

Support for medical education and research

Qualifications

• Experience in anaesthesia for vascular, paediatric, endovascular and orthopaedic surgeries.
• Ability to cover ITU and participate in on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver anaesthesia sessions with on-call commitments.
• Support appraisal, revalidation, and mandatory training initiatives.
• Engage in education, audit, and research activities.

Skills

Anaesthesia management

Critical care knowledge

Clinical leadership

Education

FRCPC or equivalent

Medical degree

Job description

The Anaesthetic & Intensive Care Unit at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital is looking to recruit dynamic and forward‑thinking individual to join our team of dedicated clinicians.

Our hospital undertakes all vascular surgery for East Kent, urological (including major cancer and robotic surgery) and elective orthopaedic surgery. A range of day surgical specialties are also represented, including: dental and maxillofacial surgery, ENT, general surgery (including paediatrics), ophthalmology, Interventional Radiology, MRI and endoscopy.

Emergency theatre cover is provided daily. Regional anaesthesia plays a major part in our service and we support sustainable anaesthetic principles - Kent & Canterbury Hospital provides critical care services in a six bedded Critical Care Unit and a four bedded, mainly post‑surgical, HDU supported by dedicated Intensive Care Clinicians and Anaesthetists.

The Anaesthetic department and the Intensive Care Unit at Kent & Canterbury Hospital are active in education, audit and research.

This post is for a Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist and will be based at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering anaesthesia sessions with on‑call commitments, with a requirement to cover ITU. Job plans within the department are flexible.

With this 10 PA position, there is 1 PA allocation for SPA and a second PA for taking on specific roles within the department, during which there is an expectation for the successful candidate to support appraisal, revalidation and completion of mandatory training.

It is anticipated that this job plan will include cover for paediatrics, vascular, endovascular, orthopaedic and urology lists, however, the job plan can be honed to reflect individual skills, knowledge and experience.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 700,000 people. Our vision is ’great healthcare from great people’. Everything we do is guided by our values: ’People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ’We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day‑to‑day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us.

In addition, through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post - For more information please visit https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/careers/family-first-scheme/

We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Parameswaran Job title: K&CH Clinical Lead, Consultant Anaesthetist Email address: [e-mail]

Dr M Mayall via [e-mail]