# Specialist Doctor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £104,401 - £115,341 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T09:50:32.076Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Telford_Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Anaesthetics/Anaesthetics-v8167031
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Specialist Doctor in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care who will be based at either the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford or the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for the on-call element of the role but with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites (Princess Royal Hospital Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital) during normal working hours.

Duties will principally involve supported cover of elective theatre sessions, an on-call commitment to the Intensive Care Unit and occasional daytime work in emergency theatres/ obstetric theatres and delivery suite.

Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

### Main duties of the job

Clinical And Educational

- Undertake theatre sessions and ITU/HDU sessions with accompanying consultants
- To take part in the 2nd on call rota managing ITU/HDU and supervising the resident doctor in theatres
- To provide support to the novice resident doctors and medical students and actively contribute to training and continuity of service
- To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
- To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
- To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
- To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the 1in8 full-shift rota. The rota is compliant with the terms and conditions of the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract, 2021 Specialist Doctor Contract and WTD and has been carefully designed to maximise training opportunities for doctors whilst maintaining a safe and efficient service, with an even spread of long days and nights. The post holder will be 1 of the 8 doctors contributing to the full shift rota with a weekend frequency of 1:4 with 7-night shifts across an 8-week reference period and is prospectively covered for annual and study leave.

### 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

### Entry Criteria

**Essential**

- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in Anaesthesia in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted. Completed initial competency in obstetric anaesthesia or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years NHS experience in Anaesthesia
- Experience in all aspects of Anaesthesia and critical care medicine
- Demonstrate thorough understanding of health service delivery in the UK

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) Certification
- 12 years of anaesthetic experience including obstetric Anaesthesia, including at least 6 years in the relevant specialty

**Desirable**

- Primary FRCA or equivalent
- FRCA part 1

## Documents

- [job pack (pdf, 898.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10521794)
- [gmc good medical practice (pdf, 275.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1265)

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