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Job overview

The post is for a full time Consultant Anaesthetist with a special interest in Upper GI to work in conjunction with 72 Consultants, 9 Specialist, 7 Staff Grade 13 Speciality doctors. To provide a comprehensive anaesthetic service to the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust.  The selected candidate will be responsible for providing and maintaining a safe, robust anaesthetic service and will have a wide knowledge in all aspects of anaesthesia.  Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours.

Main duties of the job

To actively engage and participate in the delivery of a safe and effective Anaesthetic Services at the University Hospital of North Midlands (Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital).

To cover  Upper GI, General/Urology and CEPOD.

To actively participate in clinical governance and quality improvement activities in the department

To actively participate in teaching, training and supervision of anaesthetic trainees and medical students from Keele Medical School.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.