Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Transformationunitgm; Manchester; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health organization as a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. This role involves providing anaesthesia for a range of paediatric surgeries and participating in clinical governance and teaching. The successful candidate will work within a collaborative team, ensuring high-quality patient care across multiple hospitals. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in anaesthesia.
• At least 18 months Tertiary Paediatric Anaesthesia experience.
• Active participation in teaching and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia for various paediatric surgical specialities.
• Participate in a 1 in 15 on-call rota.
• Engage in clinical audit and continuing medical education.

Skills

Teaching

Clinical Governance

Organisational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Flexibility

Education

FRCA or equivalent Diploma

Full registration with the GMC

Job description

Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Manchester Children's Hopsital Town Manchester Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2025 23:59

Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia

YC72

Job overview

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) is the largest tertiary Paediatric Hospital in the UK. The successful candidate would be joining a department of 42 Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists delivering sessions across RMCH, The Christie Hospital (the largest single site cancer centre in Europe, which includes anaesthetic services for the proton beam therapy centre), Trafford Hospital and Wythenshawe hospital.

The department provides anaesthesia for a wide range of paediatric surgical specialities including neurosurgery, complex airway, hyperinsulinism, palatofacial surgery, burn injury, paediatric urology including bladder exstrophy, renal transplant surgery and neonatal surgery.

The post attracts 10 PAs . The job plan may include sessions at any of the hospitals mentioned above (RMCH, the Christie Hospital, Trafford Hospital and Wythenshawe hospital. Weekend elective work may be required in the future.

Candidates should demonstrate proven experience in Paediatric anaesthetics.

Main duties of the job

The new consultant will provide anaesthesia for the services provided by the hospitals: Vide Infra for contractual commitment. Provision of services, including a 1 in 15 on-call rota, will be shared with other consultant anaesthetists at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

The appointee will be contracted for a 10 PA job, made up of 8 direct clinical care PAs and 2 supporting PA for teaching, audit, CME/CPD, mandatory training, clinical governance and other administrative duties.

The job plan is flexible to meet the needs of the service. The job plan January 2023 attached is an example and the exact timings of clinical sessions to be agreed through discussion and agreement with the CSU Clinical Lead dependant on service demands.

The clinical commitment will consist of a variety of surgical specialities and the appointee would be expected to work at RMCH and all its affiliated sites and to cover for colleagues annual, study and sick leave.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC with licence to practise
• FRCA or equivalent Diploma
• Significant experience in anaesthesia
• Experience of working in the NHS

Clinical Skills & Training

• Smooth progression through training consistent with personal circumstances
• Advanced training in paediatric anaesthesia or demonstrable experience
• APLS or equivalent
• At least 18 months Tertiary Paediatric Anaesthesia experience or training
• Relevant medical experience outside anaesthesia
• ATLS

Teaching Experience

• Active regular participation in teaching and training of medical and para-medical colleagues
• Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as an Educational Supervisor
• Extensive / formal experience in medical education including regional teaching
• Life support course instructor

Clinical governance

• Active consistent engagement with clinical audit
• Regular commitment to continuing medical education
• Evidence of reflective practice
• Evidence of implementing change to improve patient care
• Significant involvement in clinical research
• Presentations at regional and national meetings
• Publications in peer reviewed journal

Personal Attributes

• Good organisational skills
• Commitment to team working
• Good interpersonal skills
• Flexibility in a changing work environment
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Caring and responsible attitude to colleagues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Lucy Hartley Job title Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0161 701 1264 Additional information

Dr Lucy Hartley, CSU Clinical Director - Paediatric Anaesthesia and Theatres - Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist on 0161 701 2434

And

Dr Dan Fines, CSU Deputy Clinical Director - Paediatric Anaesthesia and Theatres - Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist on 0161 701 2434