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Job summary

Main area
Anaesthetics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent: Full Time
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
251-MD25085
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Town
Winchester
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/06/2025 23:59

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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Anaesthetist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

We are inviting candidates to be part of our Anaesthetic Consultant team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, working across both our hospital sites at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust’s ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

This is a full time 10 PA Consultant Anaesthetist post, which is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (RHCH). If desired some anaesthetic sessions could be delivered cross-site by mutual agreement and depending on service needs.

The successful candidate will work within our friendly Anaesthetic Consultant team and provide departmental leadership and supervision of a group of junior and mid-grade doctors at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Role-specific duties:

Provide a safe, effective, responsive, and caring anaesthetic service to a level expected by a Consultant.

Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director in Anaesthetics and work flexibly as far as is possible to accommodate the needs of the Department.

To ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, quality improvement hampshirehospitalscareers.co.uk and evidence-based research.

Participate actively in clinical governance, including reporting of incidents, investigation of serious incidents and any complaints.

Show a determination to meet or exceed the standards of the National Patients’ Rights Charter.

To be familiar with the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ curriculum for Junior Doctor Training and contribute to their training requirements, including tutorials and educational supervision where required.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

All candidates applying for this post will be contacted by email once the short-listing process is complete.

For further information on this post please contact Dr Samantha Wilson on 01256 313461 or [email protected].

 

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • Entry onto GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • FRCA & CCT in anaesthesia (or CESR)
Desirable criteria
  • Membership of relevant Specialist Societies
  • MD or equivalent

Clinical Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of general and regional anaesthesia to the level expected of UK consultant anaesthetist for a wide range of surgical specialities

Clinical Skills & Ability

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of organisational ability
  • Willingness to share administrative responsibilities
  • Willingness to work flexibly to a level which would be reasonably expected of a consultant
  • Understand the NHS system nationally; regionally and locally
  • Aware of issues affecting current and future NHS practice
  • Understands concepts and principles of clinical goverance
  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Effective communicator and team worker
  • Able to take responsibility, cope with stressful situations and adapt to change
Desirable criteria
  • Attended an NHS Management Course appropriate to consultant duties
  • Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition

Research & Teaching skills

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates, with evidence of active participation in teaching
  • An understanding of general principles, scientific method, and interpretation of literature
  • Willingness to participate in formal teaching sessions
  • Thorough understanding of principles of medicine audit
  • Completed audit projects with evidence of active participation in audit
Desirable criteria
  • Attendance at specialist programmes to improve teaching, possession of certificates or diplomas of special expertise in teaching
  • Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other specific requirements

Essential criteria
  • An appropriate, well-organised, and clearly presented CV including experience in the training of Specialist Trainees
  • Willingness to pick up occasional extra work both in and out of hours beyond job plan with mutual agreement
  • Willingness to work across Trust sites dependent on the needs of the service
  • A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
  • Punctuality, reliabilty and approachability
  • Ability to maintain excellent professional relations with others
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to effect positive sustainable change
  • Awareness of current service development issues within HHFT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Samanthan Wilson
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01256 313461
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