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Specialist Anaesthetist The closing date is 17 May 2026
Following significant investment to expand our workforce and meet growing service demands, we are excited to offer a number of newly created roles across our teams and are looking to appoint permanent Specialist Doctors in Anaesthetics.
We are seeking three Specialist Anaesthetists with a general interest.
Successful candidates will join a collaborative and forward‑thinking department that delivers a wide range of anaesthetic services across our three main hospital sites. The successful Specialist will work independently alongside Consultant colleagues to provide the highest quality of care to all our patients. Special interests of the candidate will be developed and accommodated where possible.
All three sites are supported by a robust, accessible office managerial and secretarial service housed primarily at the Northwick Park site. Dedicated Anaesthetics/ Critical Care shared office space, IT equipment and support are available at each of the sites.
Theatre lists will be at either Ealing, Central Middlesex or Northwick Park sites.
Participation in a 1:9 weekend Trauma or Obstetric rota (prospective cover) may be required depending on service need.
Main duties of the job Key features:
No overnight on‑call commitment
1:9 weekend trauma/obstetric rota (prospective cover)
Broad case mix including trauma, obstetrics, colorectal, orthopaedics, and paediatrics
Opportunities to develop subspecialty interests
Strong focus on education, wellbeing, and career development
About us London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top‑rated hyper‑acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper‑acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Qualifications
FRCA (or equivalent) or portfolio evidence mapped to RCoA curriculum
Formal teaching or management qualification
Registration
GMC Registered with no restrictions to practice.
Knowledge and Experience
Minimum 12 years post‑qualification, including at least 6 years in anaesthetics (SAS or equivalent) NHS experience within the last 3 years. Independent anaesthetic practice across varied specialties - ability to manage patients with complex care needs, whilst remaining aware of own limitations and seeking advice when needed. Logbook experience of paediatric experience sufficient to run a trauma list (minimum 2 years)
APLS/EPLS, ALS Subspecialty experience (trauma, regional, obstetric, paediatric) Logbook evidence of obstetric experience
Teaching
Meets requirements to be a clinical supervisor. Experience in teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Simulation or educational qualification. Educational Supervisor experience.
Management and Audit
Understands managerial, administrative and organisational roles within an acute NHS Trust. Understands the principles of quality improvement (QI) and audit. Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures. Ability to motivate and develop the multi‑disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Evidence of service design, QIP or leadership training. Knowledge of finance/budgets.
Research
Ability to apply evidence‑based practice. Ability to work within research governance procedures
Training in research methodology and IT. Publications in peer review journals Presentations to learned societies.
Communication and Personal Attributes
Excellent communication (written and spoken), teamwork and professionalism; commitment to CPD
Experienced in electronic patient record records, eg CERNER
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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