Locum Anaesthetics Consultant with Interest in Chronic Pain in Northampton

Locum Anaesthetics Consultant with Interest in Chronic Pain

Main area Anaesthetics Grade Locum Consultant Contract 5 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 265-8304282-SUR

Site University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Town Northampton Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Chronic Pain to join the Directorate of Theatres, Anaesthesia and Critical Care at Northampton General Hospital for a 5-month period. This is an excellent opportunity to join a large, supportive and collaborative department, with the role offering an approximately 50:50 balance between chronic pain and anaesthesia, including pain clinics, procedural work, elective and emergency theatre activity and participation in the general anaesthetic on-call rota.

The successful candidate will work alongside a dedicated pain team and wider anaesthetic department, contributing to the delivery of safe, high-quality and patient-centred care. There will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching, clinical governance, audit and service development within a friendly and forward-thinking department.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide consultant-level clinical care across the chronic pain and anaesthetic services, with an expected 50:50 balance between pain and anaesthesia. Responsibilities will include delivering new patient and follow-up pain clinics, undertaking pain procedures, providing elective and emergency anaesthesia across a range of surgical specialties, contributing to pre-operative assessment and participating in the departmental on-call rota.

The postholder will work closely with consultants, resident doctors, nurses, operating department practitioners and management colleagues, providing clinical leadership and supervision while ensuring high standards of patient safety and continuity of care. They will also contribute to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activity, as well as teaching and training medical students, trainee anaesthetists and other healthcare professionals. There may also be opportunities to contribute to service development and innovation within the department, depending on experience and interests.

Working for our organisation

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.this ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*** Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information. ***

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent




• Full GMC Registration




• FRCA or Equivalent




• Membership of specialist societies




• Further postgraduate qualifications in or allied to anaesthesia




• CCT in Anaesthesia or within 6 months of the interview

Clinical Experience

• Anaesthetic management of a wide range of head and neck, obstetric, general, orthopaedic, emergency, trauma, and major surgery with the completion of higher training module set out by the RCOA old curriculum or Level 3 of the current curriculum.




• Advanced training module or Specialist Interest area module of the new curriculum in relevant area for job plan 1




• Obstetric anaesthesia/Higher or advanced module or SIA equivalent for Job plan 2

Interpersonal Skills

• Commitment to team working




• Good organisational skills and punctuality




• Good written, verbal, and aural communication skills




• Caring attitude towards colleagues




• Appropriate leadership development courses and structured activities

Management

• Willingness to work as a member of the wider trust




• Awareness of current service development opportunities and challenges




• Willingness to share administrative responsibilities




• Desire to further develop in the appointed post and contribute to the service development

Audit & Research

• Experience of audit and quality improvement project




• Willingness to actively in the departments audit and quality improvement




• Presentation at recognised national and or international meetings.




• Published or ongoing relevant research

Teaching

• Experience of and commitment to postgraduate teaching




• Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching




• Understanding of current education processes and requirements for training in Anaesthesia and ITU




• Evidence of attendance at anaesthesia meetings




• Evidence of training in teaching




• Evidence of achieving GMC standards Educational Supervisor role

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.this ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Our Excellence Values:

• Compassion




• Respect




• Integrity




• Courageous




• Accountable

For further information on nursing, apprenticeships, A&E or any other departments please visit our specific website or pages that are indicated on the right hand side of this advert.

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge. We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

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 Jeremy Stone, Job title Clinical Director for Anaesthetics, Email address jeremy.stone@nhs.net, Telephone number 01604 545181.

To know more about working as a Consultant Anaesthetist at Northampton General Hospital Contact Dr Jeremy Stone, Clinical Director. A virtual or in person visit can be arranged by contacting our department’s Admin Manager, Hayley Stewart on 01604 545181 or email hayley.stewart4@nhs.net and jeremy.stone@nhs.net.

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