# Consultant Anaesthetist with an Interest in Intensive Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist-with-an-interest-in-intensive-care/bfa10798-7955-45e3-8574-18bf9897a227 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist-with-an-interest-in-intensive-care/bfa10798-7955-45e3-8574-18bf9897a227.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Northampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T07:50:38.754Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Northampton/Northampton_General_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Anaesthetics/Anaesthetics-v8303700 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8303700?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join the Anaesthesia and Critical Care team at Northampton General Hospital as a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Critical Care. The postholder will join a supportive team of 43 Consultants, including 11 contributing to critical care, and will provide high-quality anaesthetic and intensive care services across a broad range of surgical specialties. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop clinical, educational, leadership and research interests within a modern, consultant-led service. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will provide consultant-led care across the 16-bedded Intensive Care Unit and operating theatres, participating in elective and emergency anaesthesia, critical care ward rounds, referrals and admissions, as well as the consultant on-call rota. The postholder will contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while supporting the development of the service and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. There is flexibility to develop a specialist interest within anaesthesia or critical care, alongside opportunities for leadership, education, research and service development. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of and commitment to postgraduate teaching - Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching - Understanding of current education processes and requirements for training in Anaesthesia and ITU - Evidence of attendance at anaesthesia meetings **Desirable** - Medical education qualification - Evidence of training in teaching - Evidence of achieving GMC standards Educational Supervisor role ### Management **Essential** - Willingness to work as a member of the wider trust - Awareness of current service development opportunities and challenges - Willingness to share administrative responsibilities **Desirable** - Desire to further develop in the appointed post and contribute to the service development ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent - Full GMC Registration - GMC specialist Register in Anaesthesia - FRCA or Equivalent - CCT in Anaesthesia or within 6 months of the interview **Desirable** - Membership of specialist societies - Further postgraduate qualifications in or allied to anaesthesia ### Audit & Research **Essential** - Experience of audit and quality improvement project - Willingness to actively in the departments audit and quality improvement **Desirable** - Presentation at recognised national and or international meetings. - Published or ongoing relevant research ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Anaesthetic management of a wide range of head and neck, obstetric, general, orthopaedic, emergency, trauma, and major surgery with the completion of higher training module set out by the RCOA old curriculum or Level 3 of the current curriculum. **Desirable** - Advanced training module or Specialist Interest area module of the new curriculum in relevant area for job plan 1 - Obstetric anaesthesia/Higher or advanced module or SIA equivalent for Job plan 2 ### Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Commitment to team working - Good organisational skills and punctuality - Good written, verbal, and aural communication skills - Caring attitude towards colleagues **Desirable** - Appropriate leadership development courses and structured activities ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 185.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1875) - [code of conduct (pdf, 235.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1872) - [benefits and ngh (pdf, 379.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1874) - [code of conduct - band 7+ (pdf, 140.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1873) - [relocation expenses policy (pdf, 548.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2447) - [respect and support document (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1869) - [staff fair processing statement (pdf, 90.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1868) - [consultant - intensive care - jd and ps (pdf, 868.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663454) ## 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.