Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthesia
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10.75 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 179-7572408-MSC
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Pro Rata Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/02/2026
Employer heading
Consultant in Anaesthesia (General with Obstetric interest)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Consultant Anaesthetist with a subspecialty interest in obstetric anaesthesia to join our team at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The successful applicant will join a cohesive, forward-thinking department of 32 Consultants to deliver elective and emergency care across inpatient theatres and the onsite Day Surgery Unit, including obstetrics.
The Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds has a reputation for friendliness and cooperation and an outstanding reputation for quality and training.
In this role you will collaborate with the department and wider MDT to ensure comprehensive and coordinated high quality anaesthetic care, meeting the requirements of the Trust's objectives.
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Main duties of the job
For a full-time post, the job plan will be divided as:
· 7.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care including clinical activity in theatres, labour suite, high-risk obstetric clinics and other clinically related activity (delivered as 6 clinical sessions per week)
· 1.75 Programmed Activities as a 1:12 non-resident on-call, for predictable and unpredictable emergency work, covering both obstetric and general emergencies
· 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
• To contribute to meeting the Anaesthetic Directorate objectives. To provide a consultant-level anaesthetic service for elective and emergency services including obstetric anaesthesia.
• To provide high quality patient care, minimising risks and maintaining patient safety in accordance with the GMCs Good Medical Practice.
• To help in the delivery of effective services within the agreed budget.
• To co-operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of the Anaesthetic Department.
• To accept to work flexibly within a nominally fixed timetable.
Organisational
• To undertake appropriate projects and administration as required by the department.
• To provide leadership and health-management skills in the development of anaesthesia services.
• To supervise junior staff as appropriate.
• To maintain the Directorate principles of effective multi-disciplinary team working.
• To ensure personal knowledge of, and compliance with, Trust and departmental policy and protocols
Clinical Governance
• To provide clinical services in line with the Trust’s clinical governance arrangements, which are designed to ensure that agreed quality standards are achieved.
• To contribute to clinical governance within the department and as part of the MDT.
• To undertake audit of clinical practice within the department to ensure that current standards and evidence-based practice are applied.
Continuing Medical Education
• To help provide training, supervision and career development to junior doctors of all grades in the Anaesthetic Department and to Anaesthesia Associates.
• To contribute to the education of medical and nursing students, paramedics and trainees in other specialities as required.
• Take responsibility for CPD and engage in annual appraisal to identify personal development opportunities. Full utilisation of study leave is encouraged.
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Special Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MBChB, FRCA or equivalent
- CCT and/or inclusion on the Specialist Registrar of the GMC or be eligible for entry onto the register (within 6 months of obtaining CCT) at the time of interview or equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing commitment to Anaesthesia and smooth career progression
Desirable criteria
- Additional advanced training or fellowship in a relevant sub-specialty relevant to this Trust
- ATLS
- ALS
- APLS/PALS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems across a range of surgical specialties to enable job programme to be successfully executed
- Recent experience of out of hours and nights on call, including management of children over the age of 1 year
Desirable criteria
- Experience of contributing and leading MDT in high risk obstetric clinics with shared decision making
- Experience of effective teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Willingness to practice evidence-based medicine
- Critical appraisal skills
Desirable criteria
- Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes, and honours
- Experience in development and implementation of guidelines
- Publications in Anaesthesia
- Completion of GCP training
Management
Essential criteria
- Formal training and experience in management relevant to anaesthesia in the NHS or equivalent training or experience, for example Head of Department, or similar lead role
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading services or change
- Training and experience in management relevant to Anaesthesia
Standards
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of ‘Good Medical Practice’ guidance from the GMC
- Clear clinical and ethical principles
Desirable criteria
- Membership of any relevant sub-specialist societies
Teaching and training
Essential criteria
- Commitment to high standards of teaching and supervision of training grade staff
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Demonstrable ability to teach and train and engage other professionals
Desirable criteria
- Membership of any relevant sub-specialist societies
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Aditi Modi
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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