# Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Highland. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-anaesthesia/cce4ec09-74eb-4ed7-a991-17824be2b76e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-anaesthesia/cce4ec09-74eb-4ed7-a991-17824be2b76e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Highland - **Location:** Raigmore Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £64,158 - £99,975 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T08:53:58.449Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=267064 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=267064 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 256654 - Salary: Specialty Doctor - 2022 (£64,158 - £99,975) - Job closing date: 13/09/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Raigmore Hospital - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 13/08/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland - Department: Anaesthetic Department - Raigmore Hospital ### NHS HIGHLAND ### Raigmore Hospital, Inverness ### Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics ### Substantive - 40hours per week ### Salary - £64,158 - £99,975 pro rata per annum An opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia to join the friendly and dynamic Anaesthetic Department at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, as a member of the anaesthetic team. This is an exciting opportunity to continue and develop your practice in a wide variety of specialties. The duties will include elective and emergency theatre work, (adults and children), working in a 16 bedded Critical Care unit and providing an Obstetric anaesthetic service. Previous experience in Intensive Care and Obstetric anaesthesia is an advantage. Participation in departmental audit, seminars and teaching is actively encouraged. The Anaesthetic Department presently has 31 Consultants, two Associate Specialists, eight Speciality Anaesthetists, around twelve Trainees affiliated to the Northern Deanery and six clinical development fellows. Raigmore Hospital is a large district general hospital with approximately 450 beds, a catchment area of almost 30,000 square kilometres covering the entire Scottish Highlands and catering to a population of around 320,000. The hospital has a range of surgical specialties and a full range of diagnostic services including two CT scanners and an MRI scanner. The Anaesthetic department continues to expand with the National Treatment Centre-Highland being built and expected to open in early 2023. This will include two arthroplasty theatres for hip and knee replacements and three Eye theatres which will also allow for some hand and foot surgery. Medical undergraduates from the University of Aberdeen rotate to Raigmore Hospital for medical and surgical training and the anaesthetic trainees are on rotation from the North of Scotland School of Anaesthesia. Raigmore has an extensive library located in the Clinical Science building and has close academic links with the Highlands and Islands Health Research Institute. The City of Inverness is the Capital of the Highlands and offers a high quality of life with superb restaurants and excellent music and arts venues. The wild countryside of the Highlands offers spectacular hill-walking, sailing and cycling, as well as seasonal skiing and winter mountaineering. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made in the first instance to Dr David Blacoe, Service Clinical Director for Anaesthesia – Telephone 01463 705350 or email david.blacoe@nhs.scot Job reference: 256654 Closing date: Midnight Sunday 13th September 2026 ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB ChB / MB BS or equivalent **Desirable** - ATLS, ALS, PALS - FRCA (primary) - Other Postgraduate qualification ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Four years’ full time post graduate training (or equivalent) - At least 2.5 years working in Anaesthesia (within the last 4 years) - Knowledge and understanding commensurate with registrar level in Anaesthetics - Knowledge and experience of healthcare delivery within the UK - Obstetric experience to level able to provide out-of-hours care without local supervision **Desirable** - Experience as a registrar - Advanced/autonomous clinical experience in: General Surgery (including upper GI and Breast); Vascular; Orthopaedics and Trauma; Obstetric anaesthesia; Gynaecology; Ear, Nose and Throat; Urology; Ophthalmology; Robotic Surgery; Intensive care - Experience of working in a National Treatment Centre environment, specialising in arthroplasty and with enhanced recovery after surgery protocols. ### GMC/Specialist Registration **Essential** - Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice ### Research & Audit Experience **Essential** - Understands principles - Experience of participation - Evidence of participation in audit or research ### Team Working & Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Ability to form constructive & effective professional relationships with existing health professionals - Ability to work with colleagues in a team - A caring attitude to patients, relatives, nurses and other health professionals - Ability & willingness to work the hours of the job and provide out of hours resident cover **Desirable** - Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional & national levels - Evidence of commitment to excellence in team working and human factors ## Documents - [Job Pack (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1184670&JobId=267064) ## 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.