Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia with a special interest in Orthopaedic & Trauma
UHL is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population. We serve the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and specialist services over a much wider area.
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and highly motivated Locum Consultants in Anaesthesia to join our expanding team at the University Hospitals of Leicester. If you are ambitious about what you do and strive to improve patient experience, bring your dedication and determination here and you will benefit from the support of an experienced and enthusiastic multi‑professional team committed to the delivery of brilliant patient care.
This is a full‑time post for 12 months; many of our previous post holders have proceeded to a substantive position within the Trust.
Responsibilities
* Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
* Share responsibility with colleagues for the day‑to‑day management of patients.
* Promote new ways of working and co‑ordinate care for patients in the community, ensuring services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
* Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
* Supervise and train junior medical staff.
* Be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
* Teach, research and participate in administration.
* Proactively develop the service.
* Actively participate in departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
* Provide safe and efficient care to patients undergoing elective and urgent orthopaedic surgery.
* Provide specialist high‑risk orthopaedic anaesthesia outpatient clinic work.
* Contribute to the delivery of orthopaedic or trauma sessions at weekends.
* Work flexibly to support the workload and cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences, including during the reconfiguration towards a single‑site UHL maternity service.
* Participate in service development and business planning with other consultants, the CMG, and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCG.
* Provide professional supervision and management of junior medical staff, observing local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
* Participate in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory.
* Carry out managerial responsibilities, including budgetary oversight where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust.
* Ensure all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard in line with GMC Good Medical Practice and current quality initiatives within the area of work.
* Participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
* Undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific induction and competency programmes appropriate to the role.
* Maintain continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate, with annual appraisal and statutory and mandatory training kept fully up to date.
Commitment to Equality
We embed health equality in all we do, taking active steps to reduce avoidable differences in healthcare. We work in partnership with communities to ensure an inclusive and equitable environment for both staff and patients.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Mar 2026.
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