Specialist Grade in Anaesthetics

Specialist Grade in Anaesthetics

We are inviting applications for a full-time Specialist Grade post in Anaesthetics for a 12-month fixed-term post based at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

The closing date is 11 November 2025

This post has been developed as we expand our permanent workforce as well as bring new colleagues into our team following retirements. We are a strong and supportive department and are looking for colleagues who can bring their own skills and attributes to the department. The initial job plan will involve a variety of specialties, particularly major general/urology, orthopaedics/trauma surgery.

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities:

• General responsibilities
• Specialist clinics
• Operating as per specialty
• Teaching
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in clinical governance

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached for a detailed job description and main responsibilities for the role in Anaesthetics at Ipswich Hospital.

Person Specification

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Minimum 7 years of anaesthetic experience
• Evidence of significant experience of autonomous anaesthetic practice
• 12 years medical experience post-graduation
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Possession of technical skills required for anaesthesia
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Understanding of process of medical education and current training programmes
• Current ALS and EPLS or APLS
• Advanced training in areas relevant to proposed job plan or those areas we are seeking to develop further (discussion at pre-interview visiting)
• Achievement of RCoA higher training modules relevant to consultant post in a large district general anaesthesia (e.g. general, orthopaedic, regional, obstetrics or peri-operative medicine
• Experience working at NHS specialist level as an anaesthetist
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at a local level
• Evidence of strong positive feedback for teaching

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust