Job overview

Applications are invited for a full time post of Consultant Anaesthetist within our department of Anaesthesia. Candidates will require full registration with the General Medical Council and will have had at least one year of advanced general training.

You will be expected to be able to anaesthetise patients from a wide variety of surgical specialities, in particular elective and emergency vascular cases.

We are looking for a Consultant who has considerable experience. The primary role for the successful candidate will be to join the Anaesthetic Team covering elective theatres and will have on-call commitments which is currently 1 in 16.  With the successful candidate there will be 23 Consultant Anaesthetists in post. You will be expected to commence as soon as possible.  

AAC Panel will be held on 4th October 2024

Main duties of the job

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.

Doctors in training

The Anaesthetic Department Specialist trainees (ST’s) are members of the Bart’s and the London School of Anaesthesia which is based at the Royal London Hospital and St. Bartholomew’s and the core trainees (CT’s) are part of the East Anglia Deanery. Regular medical audit takes place within the Department with monthly meetings held on a rotating basis. We also train ACCS trainees. The trainee number is variable, trainees are encouraged to attend day release courses for relevant parts of the exam.  Regular medical audit takes place within the Department with monthly meetings held on a rotating basis.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend,  is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.  

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations.  We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

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.