Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: 370-CONSANES-524
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs)
- Job ref
- 370-MEDCONANAES-524
- Employer
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warrington Hospital
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Anaesthetist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are seeking a Consultant Anaesthetists to join our dynamic and progressive team. The appointee will be expected to be proficient in all aspects of perioperative care.
Full Job Description is attached.
Main duties of the job
The role will include a mix of elective and emergency theatre sessions across the Warrington, Nightingale and Captain Sir Tom Moore sites.
You will be expected to participate in the emergency on call rota (T1) currently 1:14 and will participate in two trauma weekends per year.
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a substantive post based at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals.
Applicants are required to hold Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent qualifications, to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and listed on the Specialist Register or due to be registered within six months of the date of interview.
A formal job plan will be agreed within three months of the commencement date. The job plan will be reviewed annually following appraisal.
The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives. It will cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities, both internal and external.
The illustrative job plan details a mixture of flexible and regular theatre sessions. If there are particular specialties that the candidate(s) is interested in this can be discussed further.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC registered
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Listed on Specialist Register (or due to be within 6 months of interview date)
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
- Dr Matthew Wood
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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