Job Description

This is a 10 PA/week locum appointment for a Consultant in Anaesthetics, supporting the current anaesthetics team of over 150 Consultants for a duration of six months. The core purpose of this post is to work alongside other consultant colleagues to deliver a comprehensive anaesthetic service within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust while actively supporting the speciality's service plans by embracing changes in clinical practice and new technologies. A key responsibility will also be to engage with and advance Clinical Governance initiatives. The appointee is expected to maintain and contribute to the existing teaching and research activities within the Trust, such as supervising resident doctors and undergraduate students.



This full-time Consultant Anaesthetics post involves 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care and 1.5 PAs for supporting professional activities, delivered within a carefully designed rota to ensure robust cover. Your job plan will be reviewed annually, with interim reviews as needed, and you will be managerially accountable to the Chief Executive and professionally to the Chief Medical Officer. You are expected to adhere to the General Medical Council's "Good Medical Practice" and the Trust's "Core Behaviours" for conduct, including reporting concerns about colleagues, and participate in mandatory annual appraisals. All leave must follow Trust policy, typically requiring eight weeks' notice.



You'll undertake all necessary training, including mandatory training and continuing medical education, which the Trust fully supports with time and funding. The role provides necessary secretarial support and IT facilities, and you must comply with all Trust Health and Safety and Infection Control policies, including Universal Infection Control Precautions and diligent hand hygiene practices. Finally, maintaining strict patient confidentiality is paramount. Candidates for this post must hold FRCA or equivalent accreditation and have completed a recognised higher specialist training program in Anaesthesia or be within six months of specialist registration in the UK.



Essential requirements include demonstrating extensive clinical experience and competence across all areas of anaesthesia, with prior experience in research being desirable. The successful appointee will have the opportunity to contribute to clinical audit activities, including mortality and morbidity meetings, clinical audit programs, and the development and application of clinical guidelines, with allocated time in their job plan for these supporting professional activities. They are also expected to maintain and update their skills through continuous medical education, as detailed in the separate person specification document. The candidate is expected to embody the Leeds Way values, which are: Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered.



For more information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.