Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetsia
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: ST3-5 Equivalent
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (FTC from Feb 2026 - Aug 2026 with possibility to extend)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-25-7594749MHR-S
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RAEI
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £65,048 - £73,992 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2025 12:00
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics (ST3-5 Equivalent)
NHS Medical & Dental: ST3-5 Equivalent
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Applications are invited for Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia , for an initial fixed period of 6 months, with view to extend.
Main duties of the job
We can offer a chance to consolidate anaesthetic experience gained at core training level or beyond and gain focussed subspecialty experience in emergency/trauma anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthesia, intensive care and regional/acute pain. Applicants are expected to be GMC registered doctors and have completed at least 2 years’ experience in anaesthesia
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Although this is not a recognised training post, the daytime activity will allow development of skills in the chosen subspecialty interest (from above) with opportunities for quality improvement and audit. The hospital has its own Simulation centre and successful applicants would be encouraged to become involved in delivery of simulation teaching within the department and wider trust.
The successful applicants will take part in a rolling rota comprising normal days, long days and nights alongside deanery trainees, other fellows and specialty doctors. The out of hours cover is arranged across 3 areas (intensive care, theatres and obstetrics) and applicants may be expected to work on call within any of these tiers. Competency/experience across these areas will be assessed at interview. A full induction and assessment of competence will be made before any solo anaesthetic activity at the start of the post
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Essential
Desirable criteria
- Desirable
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- essential
Desirable criteria
- Desirable
Experience
Essential criteria
- Essential
Desirable criteria
- Desirable
Skills
Essential criteria
- Essential
Desirable criteria
- Desirable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Neelam Patel
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942822086
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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