Consultant in Anaesthesia

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for high-calibre consultant level candidates to join the Directorate of Anaesthesia within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, with opportunities on the Oxford Road, Wythenshawe and North Manchester campuses.

The role presents the suitable applicant with an opportunity to join a bright and dynamic Department where you will be mentored and supported to flourish in your career.

Main duties of the job

Desirable experiences would include experience in different hospitals / departments where opportunities to develop leadership and management experience have been fully utilized. Evidence of team working and leadership is essential.

MFT is one of the largest acute Trusts in the UK, employing over 25,000 staff and responsible for running a family of ten hospitals across six separate sites. The Trust provides a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services.

The Trust is the main provider of hospital care to approximately 750,000 people in Manchester and Trafford and the single biggest provider of specialised services in the North West of England.

We are also the lead provider for a significant number of specialised services including Breast Care, Vascular, Cardiac, Respiratory, Urology Cancer, Paediatrics, Women’s Services, Ophthalmology and Genomic Medicine.

There is an opportunity to work as a locum providing a service in General Anaesthesia . The Division of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Preoperative Medicine consists of nearly 170 consultants and the scale of the service across a number of hospital sites provides significant subspecialisation and the opportunity to develop within a particular area of interest.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Diversity Matters  MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

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Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.

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.