Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics & Chronic Pain

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in England is seeking a Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics & Chronic Pain. The role requires providing high standards of patient care and participating in the on-call rota. Candidates must possess relevant qualifications, along with a strong background in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care. The position offers a competitive salary range from £109,725 to £145,478 annually, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Medical Council.
• Demonstrated competence in Anaesthetics/Intensive Care specialty.
• Experience in clinical teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care to patients.
• Participate in general on-call rota.
• Contribute to departmental development and service improvements.

Skills

Clinical experience in Anaesthetics/Intensive Care

Teaching of postgraduate doctors

Audit participation

Ability to manage high pressure situations

Education

FRCA/FFICM (or equivalent)

Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics & Chronic Pain

The closing date is 12 October 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant in Anaesthetics and Cronic Pain to join our team. The successful candidate will join a team of friendly and dynamic Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Consultants. We are dedicated to developing the department, team and working towards the wider organisational goals and culture.

The example job plan is based around sessions in Anaesthesia, Chronic Pain and participation in the out of hours service.

This is an exciting time to be joining the trust, as plans to reconfigure are under way.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.

The successful applicant will take part in the general on call rota, either at Calderdale or Huddersfield depending on service requirements and prior discussion with the Clinical Directors.

Surgical specialties provided by the Trust include ENT, Trauma & Orthopaedics, General, Ophthalmic, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Upper GI (including Bariatrics), Urological (including laparoscopic resections), Colorectal, Robotic and Plastic surgery. Some paediatric work is undertaken within these specialties.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

This is a Full-Time post providing 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), including SPA 1.5 PA, but applicants wishing to work part-time are also encouraged to apply and job plans will be adjusted accordingly, and by negotiation with appointees.

Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice.

Pre-interview meetings or visits are highly encouraged.

For further information, or to arrange a visit, please contact:

Clinical Director for Operating Services, Dr Raju Puttaswamy, at 01484 342574, or email [e-mail]

Clinical Director for Critical Care, Outreach, CVAD and Chronic Pain, Dr Marcus Beadle, at 01484 342574, or email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• FRCA/FFICM (or equivalent)
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
• Specialist registration for Anaesthetics/Intensive Care is preferred (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Anaesthetics/Intensive Care specialty
• Also, should have significant minor Anaesthetics/Intensive Care procedures experience and any other post graduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum (dependent on experience)