# Specialty Doctor - Anaesthetics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-anaesthetics/f328126a-257c-4d65-83a3-a9f871e88d2d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-anaesthetics/f328126a-257c-4d65-83a3-a9f871e88d2d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Lancaster Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substantive - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:8 on-call rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T09:31:50.686Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Lancaster/University_Hospitals_Morecambe_Bay_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Anaesthetics/Anaesthetics-v8264511 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8264511?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applicants are welcomed from candidates with minimum 2 year experience in Anaesthetics. We are delighted to be offering the opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our team of developing anaesthetists at our Royal Lancaster Infirmary site. This is an excellent opportunity for an Anaesthetist to develop further skills in Obstetric Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia. The hospital is a trust of 5 site bases with intensive care departments on 2 of its larger sites and theatres on 3 of the 5 sites. You will be based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary with an expectation to cover Westmorland General Hospital as required. All of our hospitals offer a warm, friendly environment which we pride ourselves upon. Royal Lancaster Infirmary is based within the Historic, University City of Lancaster, which contains many shops, restaurants, cinemas and theatres. Furness General Hospital is based in North Lancashire close to the Lake District. Westmorland General Hospital is located on the outskirts of the popular Lakeland town of Kendal. Our hospitals are situated near areas of outstanding natural beauty, which offer superb outdoor and recreational activities close to the Lake District, an ideal base to escape large City Centre pressures. Access to good transport links by train and road allows for easy reach to many northern cities, such as Manchester and Liverpool, where you will find a wealth of shops, restaurants, museums and galleries. ### Main duties of the job The department runs a full shift pattern with prospective cover for annual leave and study leave. The post is 10-13PA per week depending on agreed job plans of which 1PA per week will be allocated SPA. - You will join an established team of 25 Consultants with 16 Specialist and Specialty Doctors supporting all general services of the hospital including ICU, Obstetrics and Accident and Emergency department. Theatres include, Emergency lists, Gynaecology, Orthopaedic and trauma, General Surgery, ENT, Urology, and Max Fax. - You will work with some supervision while in theatres, experience dependent. - On-call shifts provide residential cover over a 2 tier rota for emergency work, in theatres, obstetrics and Intensive Care. - Involvement in undergraduate and post-graduate medical education. - Assessment and preparation of patients for theatre and provision of immediate post-operative care. - Actively participate in and present clinical audit. - Demonstrate evidence based practice where appropriate. - Contribute to service development in areas of special interest and expertise. - Actively participate in continuing medical education. - Undertake personal appraisal and job-planning as part of revalidation. - Satisfy the criteria for revalidation. You must hold full GMC with a license to practice. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/ ### 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 ### Shortlisting criteria **Essential** - Relevant Medical Qualification - Full registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council - Minimum 2 years experience in anaesthetics - Recent ICU experience - Recent obstetric experience **Desirable** - Previous NHS experience ### Essential and Desirable **Essential** - Relevant Medical Training Qualifications - Full Registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council **Desirable** - Demonstrable amount of Experience in Anaesthesia, ICU and obstetrics - Ability to use clinical judgement and demonstrate the management of risk - Show Effective Team Working - Knowledge of systems and processes within the NHS ## Documents - [people strategy (pdf, 109.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2942) - [lgbt network leaflet (pdf, 226.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1741) - [personal specification (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578706) - [sd job pack anaesthetics 2025 (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578705) - [access to work information sheet (pdf, 172.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2427) - [furness general hospital accessibility plan (pdf, 174.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1024) - [royal lancaster infirmary accessibility plan 2017 (pdf, 170.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1025) - [westmorland general hospital hospital accessibility plan (docx, 112.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1026) ## 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.