Trust Doctor in Emergency Anaesthesia & PHEM; STequivalent

Job Summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

The post is at post core anaesthetic level, but more senior doctors are also considered, and is split between anaesthetic work at the RVI and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) sessions at the Great North Air Ambulance service in an 80:20 manner respectively. Applicants must be post CT3 level and the successful candidate will be expected to have 24 months or prior Anaesthesia Core or ACCS training (including 3-6 months in intensive care) and to be competent to work with indirect supervision.

This is a 12 month post, to commence 5 August 2026 until 3 August 2027.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

This post is designed to give applicants experience of PHEM prior to applying for national PHEM training posts. It will include educational time for clinical experience, training and clinical governance opportunities in PHEM. It will include out of hours work both in the PHEM environment and on the first call/emerald/obstetric anaesthetic rotas at the RVI in Newcastle (and pink/orange roles depending on seniority).

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Rachel Hawes via email at

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Date posted: 15 January 2026

Hospital medical and dental staff

Doctor – other

£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum pro rata

Fixed term

12 months

Full‑time

317‑TD‑26‑005

Anaesthetics – RVI, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP

The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24‑hour care for patients undergoing surgery including weekend and night shifts.

This includes:

• Working as part of the Anaesthesia Team in a variety of surgical specialties with direct and indirect supervision from Consultant Anaesthetists, appropriate to level of experience.
• Participation in resident on‑call rotas, including evening and night shifts on delivery suite providing Anaesthesia and Analgesia for labour and operative delivery or in emergency theatres providing Anaesthesia for trauma and emergency surgery.
• Maintaining accurate records. Compliance with trust and departmental protocols and guidelines.

• There are no specific research duties in this post, however there may be opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical research within the department.

• The department has a strong teaching commitment…