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Consultant Anaesthetist

Job in Chester, Cheshire, CH1, England, UK
Listing for: National Health Service
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-25
Job specializations:
  • Healthcare
    Healthcare Nursing, Healthcare Consultant
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 113565 - 150569 GBP Yearly GBP 113565.00 150569.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job summary

Consultant Anaesthetist
10.5 PA Permanent position

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking substantive Consultant Anaesthetist. The successful candidate will work alongside the existing team to help grow, develop and innovate the service to meet modern standards of care.

The successful candidate will join a team of highly dedicated medical, nursing and other professionals committed to providing a high-quality service to our patients with the brand new Maternity Theatre facilities.

Main duties of the jobYou will participate in a 1:10 Consultant of the week model, including prospective cover covering emergency theatres.

You will also participate in a 1:4 weekend elective list

You will join a team of 22 Consultants with 4 Specialists and 22 Specialty Doctors supporting all general services of the hospital, including a busy Accident and Emergency department, Theatres covering Maternity, Trauma, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, ENT lists and Anaesthetic Clinics.

On-call shifts provide non-residential cover of Obstetrics and emergency theatres, supervising a dedicated resident anaesthetist.

Lead Assessments of the deteriorating patient for emergency admission to the Intensive Care Unit.

Lead the team in managing pre and post operative theatre admissions.

Participate in clinical audit, governance and quality improvement.

Demonstrate evidence-based practice where appropriate.

Undertake and participate in the appraisal process and job planning.

Satisfy the criteria for revalidation.

Contribute to service development in areas of special interest and expertise.

Actively participate in continuing medical education.

Undertake personal appraisal and job-planning as part of revalidation.

Maintain all mandatory training requirements.

About us Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

Compassion Accountability Respect Excellence We  believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include: flexible working, 32-34 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Details Date posted
05 August 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant Salary
113,565 to 150,569 a year

Per annum pro rata

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
245-MEDCONANAE-08-26

Job locations

Tameside and Glossop ICFTFountain Street Ashton-Under-LyneOL6 9RW
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential Extensive experience in obstetric anaesthesia, including management of high-risk pregnancies.

Evidence of leading and participating in PROMPT training or equivalent multidisciplinary obstetric emergency simulation.

Familiarity with Ockenden recommendations and implementation in clinical practice.

Involvement in governance activities, including audits, incident reviews, and quality improvement projects related to obstetric care.

Qualifications

Essential MB ChB/BS or EEA equivalentFRCA (Fellowship…
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