# LAS in Anaesthetics & Critical Care

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Basingstoke
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 - £76,582 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (possibility to extend)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-12T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29T14:52:08.071Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Basingstoke/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Anaesthetics/Anaesthetics-v8071108
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8071108?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This post is central to delivering effective patient care at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  The post will be primarily based in Basingstoke but you may be asked to attend other sites as required.

The post holder would be on the resident Critical Care Reg on call rota.  The on call duties would involve cover of the intensive care department and/or the operating theatres and obstetric anaesthesia.

### Main duties of the job

Duties will include being part of the Senior Critical Care rota, when you will be covering theatres and the Critical Care Unit.  Critical Care duties include handover regular ward rounds and assessment of critically unwell patients in A&E and on the wards, overseeing the emergency admissions.  This is supported by a consultant in intensive care and consultant general anaesthetist, both non-resident.  The majority of clinical work will be in BNHH main theatres or Day Treatment Centre, anaesthetising for a variety of surgical specialties including General Surgery, Peritoneal Malignancy, Urology, O&G, Paediatrics and Trauma & Orthopaedics.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to:

- Support the delivery of a high quality 24 hour anaesthetic service
- Work flexibly dependent on the exigencies of the department
- Show a determination to meet or exceed the standards of the Patients’ Charter
- Assist in our determination to be a successful provider of a range of appropriate services to the local community

The Trust is keen to attract the highest calibre of trainee doctors.  It realises that to maintain that aim for the future the quality of teaching and training must be of the highest order.  Consultant staff are responsible for the training and supervision of all junior medical staff and time is expected to be regularly allocated to their teaching.  All College and Faculty tutors regularly meet with the Postgraduate Clinical Tutor, to discuss training and postgraduate educational matters.

## Job Details

This post is central to delivering effective patient care at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be primarily based in Basingstoke but you may be asked to attend other sites as required.

The post holder would be on the resident Critical Care Reg on call rota. The on call duties would involve cover of the intensive care department and/or the operating theatres and obstetric anaesthesia.

## Job Description

Duties will include being part of the Senior Critical Care rota, when you will be covering theatres and the Critical Care Unit. Critical Care duties include handover regular ward rounds and assessment of critically unwell patients in A&E and on the wards, overseeing the emergency admissions. This is supported by a consultant in intensive care and consultant general anaesthetist, both non-resident. The majority of clinical work will be in BNHH main theatres or Day Treatment Centre, anaesthetising for a variety of surgical specialties including General Surgery, Peritoneal Malignancy, Urology, O&G, Paediatrics and Trauma & Orthopaedics.

## Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to:

Support the delivery of a high quality 24 hour anaesthetic service

Work flexibly dependent on the exigencies of the department

Show a determination to meet or exceed the standards of the Patients’ Charter

Assist in our determination to be a successful provider of a range of appropriate services to the local community

The Trust is keen to attract the highest calibre of trainee doctors. It realises that to maintain that aim for the future the quality of teaching and training must be of the highest order. Consultant staff are responsible for the training and supervision of all junior medical staff and time is expected to be regularly allocated to their teaching. All College and Faculty tutors regularly meet with the Postgraduate Clinical Tutor, to discuss training and postgraduate educational matters.

## Person Specification

### Other requirements

**Essential**

- Physically and mentally fit with satisfactory occupational health clearance
- Able to work evenings, nights and weekends

### Clinical Skills & Ability

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to establish & maintain good professional relations with others
- Punctual & reliable
- Manual dexterity performing clinical procedures
- Independent practice for insertion of Arterial lines and Central venous access

**Desirable**

- Teaching Skills
- POCUS experience

### Professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent
- Licence to practice & full registration with GMC
- Passed Primary FRCA

**Desirable**

- Passed Final FRCA
- Life Support Course Instructor
- Research experience and publications in peer reviewed journals

### Clinical Experience & Knowledge

**Essential**

- 24 months experience in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care medicine from a UK core training programme (or equivalent)
- An ability to cover Intensive Care and General Anaesthetic duties in both the elective and emergency setting
- Worked in the UK's NHS

**Desirable**

- Taught on life support or deteriorating patient courses (e.g. ALERT course)
- Experience in obstetric anaesthesia
- Critical Care research experience

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