Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care who will be based at either the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford or the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for the on-call element of the role but with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites (Princess Royal Hospital Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital) during normal working hours.

Duties will principally involve supported cover of elective theatre sessions, an on-call commitment to the Intensive Care Unit and occasional daytime work in emergency theatres/ obstetric theatres and delivery suite.

Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

Main Clinical duties include:

Undertake theatre sessions and ITU/HDU sessions with accompanying consultants

To take part in the 2nd on call rota managing ITU/HDU and supervising the resident doctor in theatres

To provide support to the novice resident doctors and medical students and actively contribute to training and continuity of service

To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.

To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.

To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.

To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) Certification

Desirable

  • FRCA part 1

Entry Criteria

Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • A minimum of 1 year NHS experience in Anaesthesia
  • Experience in all aspects of Anaesthesia and critical care medicine
  • Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
  • Demonstrate thorough understanding of health service delivery in the UK

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: 28 July 2026

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