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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Anaesthetist with a subspecialty interest in Critical Care to join a well-established Anaesthetics and Intensive Care team in the East of England.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality Anaesthesia and Critical Care services across elective and emergency pathways while supporting ongoing service development and innovation within the department.

The role includes:

• Elective and emergency anaesthesia
• Intensive Care Unit (ITU) responsibilities
• Participation in Critical Care on-call rota
• Teaching and supervision
• Audit, governance, and quality improvement
• Opportunities in leadership, research, and education

Main Duties of the Role

Clinical Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Provide Consultant-led Anaesthetic services for elective and emergency surgery
• Deliver Consultant-level Critical Care services collaboratively within the ITU team
• Participate in the ITU on-call rota (currently 1:8)
• Maintain high standards of safe patient care in accordance with GMC guidance
• Support the delivery of efficient and effective perioperative and critical care services
• Work flexibly across theatres, critical care, and emergency pathways

Department & Clinical Exposure

The Anaesthetic and Critical Care department offers extensive exposure to:

• General Anaesthesia
• Critical Care Medicine
• Regional Anaesthesia
• Obstetric Anaesthesia
• Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Day Surgery
• Acute and Chronic Pain
• Difficult Airway Management
• Emergency and perioperative care

The department consists of an experienced multidisciplinary consultant team with strong involvement in:

• Education
• Clinical governance
• Research and innovation
• Regional training programmes

Teaching, Education & Research

The appointee will:

• Teach and supervise junior doctors and trainees
• Support undergraduate and postgraduate medical education
• Participate in simulation, departmental teaching, and clinical supervision
• Contribute to research and innovation activities
• Engage in audit, appraisal, governance, and CPD programmes

Service Development & Leadership

The successful candidate will contribute to:

• Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)
• Clinical governance initiatives
• Service redesign and quality improvement
• Evidence-based pathway development
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Leadership and departmental development programmes

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCA or recognised equivalent
• FFICM or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register for Anaesthesia or within 6 months of CCT at interview date
• Clinical training equivalent to UK CCT in Anaesthetics
• Wide experience in:
  • Anaesthesia
  • Critical Care Medicine
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Strong multidisciplinary teamwork skills
• Excellent communication and clinical leadership abilities

Desirable

• Experience in regional anaesthetic techniques
• Teaching or supervision qualifications
• Research and audit involvement
• Leadership or governance experience
• Interest in innovation and service development