Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Obstetrics

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a general anaesthetist with an interest in obstetric anaesthesia working at a consultant level work across Manchester Foundation Trust. This role will be pivotal in supporting the elective recovery of the Trust as well as providing perioperative medical support post-pandemic. The successful candidate will deliver high quality patient care, as well as support the wider departmental ambition to become a centre of research excellence.

The posts will be based at Oxford Road Campus, with expectation to work on the obstetric on call rota. In addition, there will be expectation for some element of work to be delivered at other sites within the Trust as well - to be agreed between successful candidates and the department.

Please note that the successful candidate would be expected to work across other sites within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The scale of the service within Anaesthesia and MFT enables significant subspecialisation within particular areas of interest and opportunities to develop your consultant career.

In addition there are the benefits of being located near to the facilities of Manchester Medical School and the University.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was formed on 1st October 2017 following the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM). The Trust comprises of Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, St Mary’s Hospital for Women, The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Trafford General Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital, Altrincham Hospital and Withington Community Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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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.