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Consultant Anaesthetist - HGS sites

On-site in Birmingham·Full-time·Added today (last checked 28 Oct)

Our summary

Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 a year

About £6,140 - £7,630 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Birmingham
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior level
Closing date
Apply by Tuesday 10 November

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • GMC Registration
  • Inclusion on Specialist Registrar or if in training eligible for inclusion on the
  • Register within 6 months from the day of interviews
  • FRCA or equivalent
  • Advanced Pain Training (accredited via Faculty of Pain Management) or equivalent
  • Experience in the perioperative care of patients
  • Advanced sub speciality training in anaesthesia for: Vascular or Regional or Obstetric or Thoracic or Major General surgery
  • Experience in undertaking OPD Pain Clinics and day-case pain management procedures

Nice to have

  • Evidence of extended training and experience in the assessment and management of patients undergoing anaesthesia in a wide variety of specialties including major general surgery, vascular and urology surgery
  • Evidence of comprehensive training in Pain Medicine as per Faculty of Pain Medicine guidelines
  • Evidence of advanced training in management of the difficult airway.
  • Evidence of advanced training in perioperative medicine
  • Evidence of Advanced Training in Pain Management

Education & certifications

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£113,565 to £150,569 a year

The role

We are excited to invite applications for a Consultant in Anaesthesia within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).

The current opportunity is for consultants to join the dedicated Anaesthetics team based at Birmingham Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.

We are looking to appoint consultants with an interest in Vascular, Regional, peadiatric and colorectal anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. They will be expected to join the general on-call at Heartlands Hospital or the General and obstetric on call at Good Hope Hospital as part of the on-call commitment. The appointee will be expected to participate in the Divisional and Departmental quality improvement projects as well as undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

We are more than happy to arrange a call, or an informal visit, should you wish to discuss further. Please contact Clinical Service Lead for Anaesthetics Dr Saravanababu Gnanaseakaran - via email to saravanababu.gnanaseakaran@uhb.nhs.uk or to Mr Daniel Evans General Manager - daniel.evans@uhb.nhs.uk

What you'll do

The core component of this post is to provide anaesthetic cover for a variety of surgical services, if a consultant has a special interest in a sub speciality, then we will try to accommodate it.

A standard full time job plan will contain 10 programmed activities which could be filled by a variety of options from currently uncovered lists and flexible cover for consultant leave. Solihull Hub has extended lists running from 07:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs and employed consultants will be expected to take up some of these lists.

A programmed activity will normally have a timetable value of 4 hours, and a full-time consultant will normally devote 8.5 programmed activities to direct clinical care. The remaining programmed activities will be devoted to supporting professional activities.

An example 10 PA job plan is indicated in Appendix 1, but the successful candidate will be invited to discuss these options with the Clinical Service Lead on appointment.

How you'll work

There are several on call tiers to cover the out of hours' service:

1. General on call: 1:19 covering the emergency theatre with a resident CT2 or above

2. Obstetric on call: 1:13 covering the maternity unit at Heartlands with a ST 3 or above

3. Solihull EPOC on call: 1:10 with at ST 3 or above

4. Thoracic on call: 1:8 covering thoracic emergencies at the QE and providing a second pair of hands to Heartlands Hospital

5. Good Hope on call: 1:13 covering the emergency theatre with a resident CT1 or above and the maternity unit with a SAS doctor.

6. There is also an intensivist on call for Heartlands and one for Good Hope.

On - call commitments for this post are to either

The General on - call rota on the Heartlands Emergency theatre (The emergency service sees many general, vascular and urology cases per year.) Paediatric cases over the age of 2 are also cared for.

The General and Obstetric on call rota at Good Hope hospital.

Teaching & Training

The successful applicant would be expected to have an active interest in the areas of both teaching and research. Our junior anaesthetic training has recently been adapted to reflect the new RCOA Anaesthesia curriculum. Due to the number of specialties covered at the Trust, we can deliver most of the curriculum across our four sites except advanced paediatric cases. We have therefore recently invited applications for trainees wishing to pursue a CESR pathway. Training is coordinated by the specialty education leads but involves informal and formal teaching by all consultants. There is also a departmental programme of teaching mapped to RCOA examination requirements which is co-ordinated by the junior anaesthetic staff with support from consultants.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Good Hope Hospital

Rectory Rd

Sutton Coldfield

West Midlands

Employer's website

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

16265

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B75 7RR

United Kingdom

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

United Kingdom

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

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