# Consultant Anaesthetist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/1d6f27f8-cc3f-43b9-b80f-8a83aee9e02d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/1d6f27f8-cc3f-43b9-b80f-8a83aee9e02d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Main Site - **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 - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T14:40:56.840Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/The_Royal_Orthopaedic_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Theatres/Theatres-v8282265 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8282265?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.roh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Anaesthetist to provide anaesthesia to patients undergoing primary and complex revision arthroplasty, spinal surgery (degenerative and deformity) and musculoskeletal oncology surgery. An interest in perioperative medicine including pre-assessment clinic and regional anaesthesia is also required. Applications are invited for enthusiastic and highly motivated anaesthetists to join our friendly and supportive department. Currently we have 25 consultants, 7 SAS doctors, 7 Anaesthesia Associates & between 4 and 6 rotating registrars from the Birmingham School of Anaesthesia. Interview Date: 1st December, 2026. ### Main duties of the job This advertisement is for whole-time consultant roles (10.5 PAs). This would be made up of 10PA of SPA and DCC and an additional 0.5PA as an on call allowance. As the non-resident on-call commitment equates to 1:8 an additional 5% salary uplift will be added to the weekly clinical job plan. The on-call commitment covers emergency theatre and the HDU. These job plans will include 1.5 of core SPA with an up to an extra 1 SPA available on taking on additional roles either withing the department or wider hospital. Some examples are that successful applicants could contribute significantly to the current commitment of successfully completing ACSA (Accreditation of Clinical Services in Anaesthesia), become clinical leads or work as educational supervisors or clinical appraisals. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities All detailed main responsibilities can be found within the attached Job Description and Person specification. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full registration with the GMC. - Entry on the specialist register in anaesthesia or CCT expected within six months of interview date. - FRCA or equivalent. **Desirable** - Intermediate training or Step 1 ICM training as described by the faculty of intensive care medicine. - MRCP or other professional or higher qualification. ### Personal Skills \\ Qualities **Essential** - Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other Health Care Professionals. - Able to develop, present and implement coherent ideas for service development \\ delivery. - Able to delegate appropriately. **Desirable** - Leadership skills appropriate to participating in and leading a Multi Disciplinary Team ### Special Knowledge, Abilities and \\ or Experience **Essential** - Significant Experience in anaesthesia for Orthopaedic and Spinal surgery using general and regional techniques. - Experience in managing anaesthesia for complex orthopaedic oncology, revision arthroplasty and complex spinal surgery. - Experience in regional anaesthesia. **Desirable** - Fellowship experience in spines or Regional anaesthesia. - Regional Anaesthesia Diploma, e.g. ESRA - Experience of supervising and leading twin theatre working. - Clinical experience of cell salvage technique and the use of rapid infusers. ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10599025) - [consultant anaesthetist jd/ps (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10599024) - [roh recruitment guidance on artificial intelligence (ai) (pdf, 188.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3060) ## 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.