# Consultant Anaesthetist Generalist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist-generalist/3b8c27ab-b3f3-4d65-84d8-30daaf084517 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist-generalist/3b8c27ab-b3f3-4d65-84d8-30daaf084517.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Aylesbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week (plus 0-1PA by agreement) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T21:01:30.236Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Buckinghamshire/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Anaesthetics/Anaesthetics-v8064201 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8064201?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join our expanding anaesthetic department. The post has an on-call responsibility for general anaesthetic and labour ward duties. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a split site NHS Trust which provides anaesthetic services at High Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. The successful applicants will be expected to work at both sites. The Anaesthetic Department provides anaesthesia services to support General Surgery, Emergency Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT and Maxillo-Facial, Ophthalmics, Trauma and Orthopaedics (including spinal orthopaedics), Burns and Plastic Surgery, anaesthesia for spinal injury patients, Breast, Urology, Paediatric, ECT and Interventional Radiology. Planned AAC interview date is Tuesday 15 September 2026. ### Main duties of the job The successful post holder will be expected to work at both Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals to deliver Consultant level anaesthesia. This could include emergency, trauma, plastics trauma, ophthalmics, obstetrics, or anaesthesia for spinal injured patients on the SMH site, or anaesthesia for elective surgery, or pre-operative assessment on the Wycombe site for the specialties previously listed. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. ## Job Details Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join our expanding anaesthetic department. The post has an on-call responsibility for general anaesthetic and labour ward duties. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a split site NHS Trust which provides anaesthetic services at High Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. The successful applicants will be expected to work at both sites. The Anaesthetic Department provides anaesthesia services to support General Surgery, Emergency Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT and Maxillo-Facial, Ophthalmics, Trauma and Orthopaedics (including spinal orthopaedics), Burns and Plastic Surgery, anaesthesia for spinal injury patients, Breast, Urology, Paediatric, ECT and Interventional Radiology. Planned AAC interview date is Tuesday 15 September 2026. ## Job Description The successful post holder will be expected to work at both Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals to deliver Consultant level anaesthesia. This could include emergency, trauma, plastics trauma, ophthalmics, obstetrics, or anaesthesia for spinal injured patients on the SMH site, or anaesthesia for elective surgery, or pre-operative assessment on the Wycombe site for the specialties previously listed. ## Responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - General training in Anaesthesia to specialist level or equivalent (at least one year NHS experience) - Ability to make decisions at Consultant level - Evidence of completion of advanced training (or equivalent) in: Pre-op assessment / Peri-operative Medicine - Evidence of completion of advanced training (or equivalent) in: Orthopaedics and/or regional anaesthesia - Evidence of completion of advanced training (or equivalent) in: Obstetric Anaesthesia **Desirable** - Extensive years' WTE - Relevant post CCT/CESR experience ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Full GMC Registration and license to practice, with no conditions in place - Ability to travel to and between sites ### Trust 'CARE' Values **Essential** - Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships - Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow. - Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. - Enable - Consults others and listens to their views and opinions. Enables others to take the initiative. ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - MB, BS or equivalent - FRCA or full equivalence - CCT/CESR holder in Anaesthesia or Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthetics - Or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview. ### Skills, abilities and knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of good leadership skills - Ability to organise a team and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of a Consultant - Management training and experience - Good personal and interpersonal skills - Good spoken and written English. Good Communication skills - Experience of teaching health care workers, doctors-in-training and undergraduates. - Experience of clinical audit - Empathy, good listening skills - Patience, good social skills - Evidence of good team working, ability to cooperate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical management team - Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS - Published audit or research - Ability to cope under pressure **Desirable** - Computing skills - Knowledge of the Government's agenda for modernisation of the NHS - Communication skills training - Experience of Educational Supervision - Training in teaching - Ability to change and adapt ## Documents - [job description: consultant anaesthetist generalist (pdf, 309.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354839) - [person specification: consultant anaesthetist generalist (pdf, 273.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354840) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.