Job overview

We are delighted to offer four exciting opportunities for exceptional Consultant Anaesthetists to join our expanding department at Northampton General Hospital, part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN).

You will join a large, supportive and forward-thinking department of 43 Consultants, working within modern theatre facilities and a new state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit. The post offers excellent opportunities for education, research, innovation and professional development through our partnership with the University of Leicester.

If you are motivated, collaborative and passionate about delivering outstanding perioperative care, we would love to hear from you.

1 cons with ITU interest
1 cons with vascular interest
1 cons with pain interest -ophthalmic interest desirable
1 cons with airway interest - ophthalmic interest desirable

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Anaesthetist at UHN, you will deliver safe, high-quality perioperative care for elective and emergency patients across multiple surgical specialties. Working closely with theatre, surgical and critical care teams, you will:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-delivered anaesthetic services across major and general surgical specialties, aligned to your appointed post.

• Deliver perioperative care from pre-assessment through to postoperative review, ensuring excellence in safety, optimisation and recovery.

• Participate in the 1:12 on-call rota, including out-of-hours emergency theatre and obstetric anaesthesia support.

• Contribute to critical care support as appropriate, working alongside the dedicated Critical Care Consultant team.

Leadership, Governance & Service Development

• Take an active role in shaping the future of the anaesthetic service through quality improvement, clinical governance, audit and innovation.

• Support departmental leadership in theatre optimisation, human factors, perioperative pathway design and service transformation.

• Engage in continuous improvement projects, simulation-based education, and the expansion of regional anaesthesia and advanced airway skills.

Education & Research

• Teach undergraduate medical students, postgraduate trainees and multidisciplinary staff as part of UHN’s commitment to excellence in education

Working for our organisation

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.