Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Job summary

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST

Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Applications are invited for a whole-time Locum Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia.

It is an exciting time to join our welcoming and friendly team of 11 Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultants based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. We are looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our on-going development of Paediatric services in UHL NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Anaesthetic Consultants to provide a high standard of care across our Paediatric services. We are a tertiary referral centre for neonatal surgery and therefore provide anaesthesia for a large number of neonatal cases. The Anaesthetic department provides Paediatric Anaesthetic cover for the following specialties: Paediatric General Surgery, Urology, Thoracic surgery, Orthopaedics & Trauma, ENT, Maxillofacial & Dental, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Oncology, diagnostic and interventional Radiology & Endoscopy, Preassessment and Pain. Anaesthesia for neonatal surgery is undertaken on a regular basis. It is expected that the post holder will have received training and experience in all areas of Paediatric Anaesthesia and neonatal surgery and will take part in the Paediatric Anaesthetic on call rota.

Main duties of the job

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.

To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.

To promote effective, integrated care and partnership working across the health community.

Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and perioperative decision-making

Supervise and train appraise and assess junior medical staff

Contribute to teaching, research, audit, administration and clinical governance.

  • Proactively support service development and improvement

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • MB;BS or Equivalent
  • Fully Accredited for Higher Specialist Training or will be eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.
  • FRCA or Equivalent

Desirable

  • Membership of relevant Specialist Societies or Associations.
  • Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or equivalent.

Experience / Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Excellent clinical skills and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the Job Plan.
  • Ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems
  • Demonstrates clear, logical thinking / analytical approach

Desirable

  • Evidence of clinical or research commitment and a relevant specialty interest.

Management

Essential

  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
  • Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload
  • Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS.
  • Ability to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills).
  • Demonstrates clear, logical thinking / analytical approach.

Desirable

  • Management training on an accredited course.
  • Awareness of Service Development issues.

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues
  • To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding
  • Highly Developed Emotional Intelligence

Desirable

  • Demonstrable track record of successful change management
  • Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment

Motivation

Essential

  • Personal integrity and reliability
  • Ability to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non-medical staff.

Desirable

  • Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided

Audit/ Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit
  • Participation in a quality improvement programme
  • Experience of quality improvement work and audit

Desirable

  • Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence
  • Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.
  • Published Audit including quality improvement

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Appraisal and assessment skills & ability to asses clinical competencies

Desirable

  • Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training
  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching

Equality & Diversity

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

Research

Essential

  • Ability to appraise research critically
  • Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects
  • Evidence of recent research and development activity

Desirable

  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 November 2026

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