Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits high-calibre consultant candidates to join a prestigious NHS Trust's Directorate of Anaesthesia. This role offers a supportive environment for professional growth across multiple campuses, where you will be part of a team that values collaboration and innovation. As part of a leading healthcare provider, you'll contribute to a culture of excellence and inclusion, ensuring high-quality care for a diverse patient population. If you're passionate about advancing your career in a vibrant and dynamic setting, this position is tailored for you.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC or eligible for full registration.
• Completion of higher training in Anaesthesia on the specialist register.

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic Department and be mentored for career development.
• Develop leadership and management experience in Anaesthesia.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Teaching medical students

Experience of audit

Team working

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification or equivalent (e.g., FRCA)

Postgraduate Research Degree (MD/ PhD or equivalent)

Job description

YC73

Main area: Anaesthesia
Grade: YC73
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 349-CSS-7104876*

Site: MFT sites
Town: Manchester
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

There is an exciting opportunity for high-calibre consultant level candidates to join the Directorate of Anaesthesia within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, with opportunities on the Oxford Road, Wythenshawe and North Manchester campuses.

The role presents the suitable applicant with an opportunity to join a bright and dynamic Department where you will be mentored and supported to flourish in your career.

Main duties of the job

Desirable experiences would include experience in different hospitals/departments where opportunities to develop leadership and management experience have been fully utilized. Evidence of team working and leadership is essential.

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.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

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 And Training

Essential criteria

• MBChB or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent e.g. FRCA
• Completion of higher training in Anaesthesia should be on the specialist register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.

Academic Achievements, Research & Patient Safety

Essential criteria

• Publication in a peer reviewed journal, a demonstrable commitment to developing research in the Trust or a record of improving patient safety within previous organisations.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate Research Degree (MD/ PhD or equivalent)

Teaching and Audit

Essential criteria

• Teaching medical students
• Experience of audit
• Teaching junior medical staff

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria

• Organisational skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration)
• Registered on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible for relevant CCT or equivalent within 6 months of interview. Equivalent must be confirmed by GMC/PMETB in writing by the day of interview.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 952.2KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 30.7KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Indicative Job Plan (PDF, 51.8KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Medical and Dental (PDF, 1.4MB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Dr Zoe Parry
Job title: Clinical Director for Wythenshawe Anaesthesia
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0161 291 5714

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