Trust Speciality Registrar - ICM/Anaesthetics

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Ealing, Harrow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK seeks a Trust Speciality Registrar in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years experience and a postgraduate qualification equivalent to FRCA. The role includes managing high-risk surgeries and participating in the 24/7 service across multiple hospitals. Ideal applicants will demonstrate strong clinical skills and have the ability to manage critically ill patients. With a supportive environment for professional growth, this position offers a chance to develop towards consultant roles.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years broad anaesthetic experience and a postgraduate qualification.
• Experience in managing a wide range of anaesthetic and critical illness scenarios.
• Demonstrate knowledge of English with an IELTS score of 7.5.

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic directorate and support a 24/7 service across Anaesthetic/ITU.
• Participate in day-to-day management of the ECU unit.
• Develop clinical experience with a varied acute case mix.

Skills

Advanced Life Support certification

Ability to manage critically ill patients

IT skills including use of databases, spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint

Education

Postgraduate qualification acceptable to the RCoA

Basic medical qualification acceptable to the GMC for registration

Job description

Trust Speciality Registrar - ICM/Anaesthetics

The closing date is 13 February 2026

This post is ideal for candidates who have a minimum of 4 years broad experience in anaesthesia and critical care and have a postgraduate qualification equivalent to the FRCA (Royal College on Anaesthetists, UK). Experience in managing a wide range of anaesthetic and critical illness scenarios is essential, including responding appropriately to deteriorating patients in the emergency department, hospital wards and peri-operative areas.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for the role of Trust Specialist Registrar in anaesthesia and critical care, which will incorporate cross site working. You will be joining a dynamic and friendly directorate with a high regional and national profile.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country\'s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark\'s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

The advertised posts offer excellent clinical experience with a wide and varied acute case mix, both within Theatres and Intensive Care Unit in close liaison with Consultants. This post will offer opportunity to develop and work towards achieving your Consultant posts, or Staff Grade doctors wishing to build experience or develop a progression to Consultant posts.

You will be required to support a 24/7 service across Anaesthetic/ITU and will be required to participate in the day to day management of our ECU unit which manages higher risk surgeries

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years broad anaesthetic experience and a postgraduate qualification acceptable to the RCoA.
• Experience in managing a wide range of anaesthetic and critical illness scenarios including responding appropriately to deteriorating patients in the emergency department, hospital wards and perioperative areas ? Advanced Life Support certification

Professional Requirements

• Demonstrate Possession of a basic medical qualification acceptable to the GMC for registration. ? Completion of at least one year in an internship post. ? Provision of evidence of having worked for a minimum of 3 years out of the last 5 years in anaesthesia outside the European Union, including the most recent 12 months. ? Provision of evidence of good standing from the applicant\'s local medical regulatory council.
• Demonstrate knowledge of English by obtaining an overall score of 7.5, with minimum scores of 7.0 in speaking, listening, reading and writing. In the \'Academic\' test of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). ? Eligibility for PLAB exemption. ? Provision of two structured, supportive references from supervising consultants, both of whom must have worked with the applicant within the last five years. ? Provision of evidence of a postgraduate qualification acceptable to the RCoA

Knowledge and Skillas

• Appropriate knowledge and practical skills to recognise and manage high risk patients presenting for anaesthesia. ? Ability to manage critically ill patients
• Awareness of specialty developments. ? IT skills including use of databases, spread sheets, Word, PowerPoint etc

COMMUNICATION

• Coherent, diplomatic, confident, decisive. ? Demonstrable presentation skills in educational and scientific settings.

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialty. ? Ability to work in harmony with medical, nursing and allied health professionals. ? Flexibility, punctuality and reliability. ? Ability to cope with stressful situations
• Personable. ? Sense of humour. ? Project management skills

Management

• Good time management an self organisation

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.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust