Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term from start date)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 390-TAC-BA-6226
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basildon
- Town
- Nethermayne
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum (Pro rata for part time) - YC73
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Anaesthetist
Locum Consultant
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are looking for a Locum Consultant who has considerable Anaesthetics experience to join our team made up of 23 Consultants here at Basildon Hospital.
You will get a chance to work across a wide variety of surgical specialties, in particular elective and emergency vascular cases.
Working with colleagues you will help drive current service changes with reconfiguration of vascular services in Mid and South Essex, which has been endorsed by the Vascular Society, GIRFT and NHS England Specialist commissioning team.
***Please note this post is a Fixed Term post for 12 months commencing from your start date.***
Main duties of the job
The Basildon Vascular surgical team cover all aspects of Vascular surgery including EVAR/TEVAR and Renal Vascular Access. The Regional Cardio-Thoracic Centre based on the Basildon Site, has a busy primary PCI service and TAVI programme for which we provide a 24/7 vascular cover for any unforeseen emergencies.
Basildon Hospital has a successful hyper-acute stroke unit generating >40 carotid procedures per annum. At present, Basildon is part of the South Essex Emergency Vascular network providing emergency vascular provision (Monday- Chelmsford, Tuesday- Southend, Wednesday- Basildon, Thursday - Harlow) with Basildon Hospital on-call for vascular emergencies 1:4 weekends.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this interesting role please see attached job description.
You will be expected to integrate within the team of existing consultant staff in order to provide a complete Anaesthetics Service. The Trust is committed to offering a much more patient focused service and Anaesthetics have made their services available seven days a week and the successful applicant will be expected to participate in these services.
Anaesthesia services are provided for 2 day Surgery theatres at Orsett. Basildon has 7 main theatres, 3 day surgery theatres and 2 maternity theatres, and also a hybrid theatre in the Cardiothoracic Centre. The day unit also feeds patients into the main theatres. In addition anaesthetic services are provided for A&E, X-ray, Cardiology and patients requiring ECT.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or Equivalent
- Evidence of completion of specialist training or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) at time of interview
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty.
- Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anil Kumar
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0126852900
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