Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Grantham & District Hospital Town Grantham Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 09/07/2025
Consultant Anaesthetist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred –Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety –Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence –Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion –Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect –Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So,what is in it for you?
* Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
* Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
* Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
* Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
* Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
* Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
* NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
* Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
* Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there ismore.
* Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
* Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
* Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
* Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
* Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
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Job overview
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have a vacancy for a full time Consultant in General Anaesthesia. The post will be based at Grantham & District Hospital. The successful candidate will be expected to work across all Hospital Sites. The Department of Anaesthesia at ULTH is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
For applicants who have specific subspecialty interests we would strongly encourage colleagues who wish to pursue other specialty interests to contact us to discuss in further detail.
Part time hours will be considered and, if appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed and negotiated on an individual basis.
Main duties of the job
The Department of Anaesthesia is a GIRFT accredited elective hub. We provide anaesthetic service for our high volume and low risk cases involving orthopaedic, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, ENT, maxillofacial surgeries.
We are involved in giving regional anaesthesia for a range of lower limb and upper limb arthroplasties, delivering teaching on regional anaesthetic techniques for trainees visiting us from our main site.
Our aim is to proceed with day case surgeries, including day case lower limb arthroplasties.
We have Level 1 postoperative care available on the surgical wards.
Our on call service, at a frequency of 1:7 provides for unstable patients on medical wards, UTC and surgical wards, in terms of stabilization and transfer to level 2 or 3 care facilities.
We work closely with the regional transfer services in delivering safe transfer to our patients.
The Department compromises of 7 Consultant and 7 Speciality Doctors in Anaesthesia with 2 or 3 FY1 colleagues on Anaesthetic placements.
Working for our organisation
Grantham Hospital has approximately 213 staffed in-patient beds offering services in our newly established UTC, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics and Integrated Medicine services. In addition there is an ambulatory care paediatric service provided on site, Monday to Friday, 1000 - 1900 hours. Community Midwifery is provided in the locality as well as a ‘low risk’ midwifery led service. Antenatal, Postnatal, Gynaecology Outpatients and Day Case services are offered at Grantham.
In addition, there are 18 day case beds which offer services in Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Urology and ENT.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Potential applicants are invited to contact the following key staff for further information or to arrange an informal visit. Shortlisted candidates are expected to visit the hospital.
Dr Rajesh Jaganathan
Clinical Lead in Anaesthesia, ULTH
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Have a look at the attached job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration
* FRCA or equivalent
* Higher training in emergency/trauma anaesthesia
Experience and training
* Candidate should be on the Specialist register for anaesthesia or have CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist registration) accreditation
* All round clinical experience, knowledge, skills and training appropriate to a District General Hospital.
* UK anaesthetic experience
* Knowledge of IT
* Experience and commitment to teaching
* ALS/ATLS
Motivation and disposition
* Personal integrity
* A commitment to service development and to the flexibility to meet the changing needs of ULTH.
* Compliance with appraisal, job planning and revalidation. A commitment to continuing professional development.
* Ability to be an effective team member/leader, and to relate effectively with professional colleagues.
* A willingness to share the workload of a small department.
Audit and research
* A commitment to clinical audit and the ability to undertake/supervise a range of audit projects.
* An understanding of research.
* Appropriate research/scientific publications.
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.
As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.
You are:
* A Veteran
* A Military Reserve
* Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Name Rajesh Jaganathan Job title Clinical Lead, Anaesthetics Email address rajesh.jaganathan@nhs.net Telephone number 01522 573690 Additional information
Ms Sarah Anderson
Clinical Service Manager
Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care, ULTH
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
01522 512512 via switchboard
Sarah.Anderson94@nhs.net
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