Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

at  Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

NHS Locum Consultant Anaesthetics
We are looking to recruit a Locum Consultant Anaesthetist to our department at Northampton General Hospital. The successful applicant will join an existing team of 42 consultants, 7 speciality doctors and 34 junior doctors. Our department is fully committed to training, personal development and actively participates in hospital activity with many of us in trust lead roles.
It is expected that the successful applicant will work in all theatre areas to an agreed job plan. This includes anaesthetic services for colorectal, vascular, urology, ENT, maxillofacial, plastics, obstetrics and gynaecology, eyes and orthopaedics. The successful applicant will join a core group of anaesthetists with special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and provide day time cover on the labour ward one day a week on an average. There is no Intensive Care work required.
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
It is expected that the successful applicant will work in all theatre areas to an agreed job plan. The indicative job plan is shown in table. Once appointed the exact job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director

Please refer the Job description for details