# Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-anaesthesia/deb768df-1c5c-4594-9ca4-a70d66efe088 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-anaesthesia/deb768df-1c5c-4594-9ca4-a70d66efe088.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Burnley General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63696.00 to £102689.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: 10.35 PA contract - **Employment type:** Full time - 10.35 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T12:25:54.755Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8353069 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8353069?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Specialty Doctor post in Anaesthesia. Applications are invited from suitably qualified doctors with extensive experience in obstetric anaesthesia. ELHT is a busy hospital and the department covers anaesthetic services to all major surgical specialties including general surgery, urology, orthopaedics and trauma, gynaecology, ENT and maxillofacial surgery. We are a nominated vascular centre and tertiary referral centre for HPB. There is a busy obstetric unit with around 6500 deliveries per year. There is a midwifery led unit in Blackburn (separate site) and a co-located midwifery unit and consultant led unit in Burnley. We currently have a 28 bedded mixed critical care unit on the Blackburn site. We are a friendly supportive department and are firmly committed to education. We will support any eligible specialty doctor through the CESR process with access to the required surgical specialties. There is also a regional CESR program which successful candidates will be able to apply for. We receive good feedback from trainees. We are ACSA accredited. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be expected to provide preoperative assessment, perioperative and postoperative care to patients across both sites of this busy Teaching Hospital Trust. This will require some ability to work independently although Consultant cover is always available. The successful candidate will be expected to provide anaesthesia for the broad range of surgical specialties on site. This includes General surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Ophthalmology and Gynaecology. In addition, we provide anaesthesia for Hepato-Biliary, Vascular, and Major Head & Neck services. The on-call commitment will be on a 1:11 basis (non-prospective) and is based at Burnley General Hospital. This site provides emergency services for Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is covered by a two tier rota with distant consultant supervision. The post holder will be resident and will support the trainee rota by providing emergency gynaecology services alongside support for the obstetric unit. The theatre sessions will be flexible in site and specialty according to negotiation and the requirements of the service. This is indicative and subject to change as the service demands. There may also be changes associated with “NHS Services, Seven Days a Week”. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The standard job plan will consist of 10.35 PA’s (3.85 PA DCC on-call, 4 DCC elective clinical work at 1.25 PA per session, 1.5 SPA). The successful candidate will be expected to provide anaesthesia for a broad range of surgical specialties. The on-call commitment will be on a 1:10 basis (non-prospective). Applicants will hold full registration with GMC and they will hold extensive experience in obstetric anaesthesia. Applicants must possess the following skills: - Ability to communicate with patients and relatives effectively and with empathy. - Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with colleagues and staff in all disciplines to facilitate best patient care. - Ability to work in a team and evidence of such Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate with patients and relatives effectively and with empathy. - Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with colleagues and staff in all disciplines to facilitate best patient care. - Ability to work in a team and evidence of such **Desirable** - Evidence of development of leadership within the work environment - IT skills and ability to use range of programs and software ### Training **Essential** - Satisfactory completion of core training or equivalent in Anaesthesia and ICM **Desirable** - Experience at specialty trainee level ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial experience in general anaesthesia including practical experience in regional anaesthesia and invasive line insertion, with use of ultrasound. - Extensive experience in obstetric anaesthesia - Understanding of and experience in performing audit - An understanding of the need for quality in health care and how this is evidenced - Understanding of clinical governance and risk management. **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in audit that lead to introduction of change - Evidence of involvement in quality improvement projects - Experience in appraisal and mentoring ### Educational Qualifications **Essential** - MBChB or equivalent - Full registration with General Medical Council - Up to date revalidation **Desirable** - Primary FRCA - Educational Qualification ### Continuing Professional Development **Essential** - Clear commitment to lifelong learning - Experience of evidence based medicine - Ability to keep up to date in the speciality **Desirable** - Membership of appropriate post graduate societies. ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761) - [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405) - [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10678706) ## 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.