Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia and Maternity in Knowsley

Main area Consultant Anaesthetist Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (11 PAs (Plus on-call supplement)) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

11 sessions per week (11 PAs (Plus on-call supplement)) Job ref 409-S8298087

Employer Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals Town Prescot Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (Grade YM 73) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/12/2026

Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia and Maternity

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

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Job overview

Locum Consultant - 12 months

The post offer exciting opportunities for highly motivated anaesthetists to join a dynamic, expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust based at Ormskirk & Southport Hospitals.

The interviews are anticipated to take place on 10th December 2026.

Main duties of the job

The Department provides anaesthetic services for elective surgery in: General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burns Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Gynaecology. The Trust has taken delivery of a surgical robot. The first robot assisted operation took place at the end of April 2022. Currently Colorectal, Gynaecological and urological robotic surgery is well established. The Trust is the only Trust in Merseyside undertaking emergency and elective Bariatric surgery.

Surgery in the Trust is undertaken on both the Ormskirk Hospital and Southport Hospital sites.

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 10th December 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent at time of interview CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application
• MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCA or equivalent
• MD/MSc or equivalent medical qualification Knowledge, Experience & Skills

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience of working in anaesthesia within the NHS
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Successful completion of Higher Training, or equivalent, in General Duties, including the following non-essential Units of Training: 1. General, urological, and gynaecological surgery
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Successful completion of Higher Training, or equivalent, in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Successful completion of Higher Training, or equivalent, in intensive care medicine
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Evidence of advanced training, or equivalent, preferably in at least one of the General Duties Units of Training
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Ability to stabilise and provide initial management of the critically ill and/or emergency anaesthetic patient.
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Current ALS Provider
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Current PLS/ APLS Provider
• Management/Leadership/Audit: Understanding of the management and leadership responsibilities of a consultant within the NHS
• Management/Leadership/Audit: Evidence of active and consistent engagement with clinical audit and/ or QIP(s)
• Teaching; Recognition by the GMC as a Clinical Supervisor
• Teaching; Evidence of delivering teaching to undergraduate students, postgraduate doctors and/ or allied healthcare professionals
• Excellent verbal and written English skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, approachability, and ability to motivate and develop others
• Ability to lead change and the development of services and promote excellence and best practice
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience Advanced training or equivalent in general, urological, and gynaecological surgery
• Clinical Knowledge, Training and Experience 6-month attachment for Higher Training in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Management/Leadership/Audit: Good IT and computing skills.
• Management/Leadership/Audit: Completion of appropriate management/ leadership course(s)
• Management/Leadership/Audit: Previous participation in a management/ leadership role
• Teaching; Recognition by the GMC as an Educational Supervisor
• Teaching; Formal training/ qualification in Teaching and/or Learning
• Teaching; Life support course instructor
• Research Publications: Evidence of recent and current research, with relevant publications
• Research Publications: Formal training in Research Methodology
• Professional Interests: Knowledge of the up-to-date literature
• Professional Interests: Membership of appropriate professional society (ies).

Other

• Ability to travel between sites within service requirements
• Caring and responsible attitude to colleagues

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk

We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.

The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.Certificate of Sponsorship

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.

eVisa UpdateFor successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK.Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account.Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to:

• Understand how to generate an eVisa share code

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

Flexible Working

We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:

• All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
• There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
• Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.

At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.

Working for Team MWL

Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.

You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.

Additional Information

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here .

An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Peter Gledhill Job title Clinical Lead Anaesthetics Email address Peter.Gledhill@merseyandwestlancs.nhs.uk Telephone number 01695 65 6421 Additional information

Dr Jez Haines

Maternity Lead Anaesthetics

Jez.Haines@MerseyWestLancs.nhs.uk

01695 656421