Consultant Anaesthetist in Wigan

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant Anaesthetist to join our well-established and highly skilled Anaesthetics Department. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated clinician to contribute to the delivery of high-quality anaesthetic services across the Trust. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive elective and emergency perioperative anaesthetic care and will play an active role in the Trust's general anaesthetic on-call rota. The post-holder will undertake the full range of duties and responsibilities expected of a Consultant Anaesthetist, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of patient care.

In addition to delivering excellent clinical services, the successful candidate will be expected to maintain and develop their professional knowledge and skills, participate in clinical governance and appraisal activities, and contribute to the education and training of medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues. This role offers the opportunity to join a supportive team of experienced anaesthetists within a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care across all of its hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering anaesthetic services across WWL. Working across the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wrightington Hospital and Leigh Infirmary, the post holder will provide anaesthetic support to a wide range of specialties including orthopaedics, trauma, general surgery, ENT, obstetrics and gynaecology, urology, paediatrics and day-case surgery. The role includes participation in elective and emergency anaesthetic services, the departmental on-call rota, and pre-operative assessment clinics, including high-risk pathways. The successful candidate will contribute to specialist services such as major orthopaedic surgery, obstetric anaesthesia, critical care, trauma and chronic pain.

The post holder will actively participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, morbidity and mortality meetings, and service development. They will also support the education, supervision and training of Resident Doctors, Clinical Fellows, SAS Doctors and other healthcare professionals, with opportunities to participate in simulation and teaching programmes.

About us

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'. WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Job responsibilities

• Responsibility for Finance: Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service. Demonstrate awareness of the need for cost improvement programmes within the service. Promote effective utilisation of resources. Provide the service within its financial constraints.
• Responsibility for Human Resources: Be expected to supervise and train SAS Doctors and Doctors in Training. Adhere and promote Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and maintain the Professional Code of Conduct. Ensure compliance with the Mandatory training policy in accordance with the Trust policy.
• Responsibility for Health & Safety: Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions.
• Responsibility for Teaching: The Department is committed to delivering a high quality, safe service. There are regular educational meetings on two sites (Wigan and Wrightington). There will be opportunities to become involved with Simulation Training.

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Essential Full registration with the GMC with a Licence to practice FRCA (UK or Ireland) or equivalent Inclusion on Specialist Register/admission within six months of interview date.
• Skills: Essential Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and their relatives, and with colleagues in all disciplines. Ability to lead the development of services and promote best practice amongst colleagues.
• Knowledge: Essential Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and commitment to these.
• Personal Skills: Essential Team Working: Experience of working in a team, value input of other professionals in the team.
• Professional Development: Essential Commitment to maintain professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job.
• Additional: Essential Clinical Governance: Capacity to alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrate awareness of good decision making.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.