Consultant Anaesthetist

Job overview

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have a vacancy for a full time Consultant in General Anaesthesia. The post will be based at Grantham & District Hospital. The successful candidate will be expected to work across all Hospital Sites. The Department of Anaesthesia at ULTH is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

For applicants who have specific subspecialty interests we would strongly encourage colleagues who wish to pursue other specialty interests to contact us to discuss in further detail.

Part time hours will be considered and, if appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed and negotiated on an individual basis.

Main duties of the job

The Department of Anaesthesia is a GIRFT accredited elective hub. We provide anaesthetic service for our high volume and low risk cases involving orthopaedic, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, ENT, maxillofacial surgeries.

We are involved in giving regional anaesthesia for a range of lower limb and upper limb arthroplasties, delivering teaching on regional anaesthetic techniques for trainees visiting us from our main site.

Our aim is to proceed with day case surgeries, including day case lower limb arthroplasties.

We have Level 1 postoperative care available on the surgical wards.

Our on call service, at a frequency of 1:7 provides for unstable patients on medical wards, UTC and surgical wards, in terms of stabilization and transfer to level 2 or 3 care facilities.

We work closely with the regional transfer services in delivering safe transfer to our patients.

The Department compromises of 7 Consultant and 7 Speciality Doctors in Anaesthesia with 2 or 3 FY1 colleagues on Anaesthetic placements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Have a look at the attached job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!