Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist
Consultant
Main area
Obstetric Anaesthesia
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (3% oncall supplement; initial job plan will be 10.32 PA)
Job ref
287-RSUR-174-25
Department name
LUH - Medical Staffing
Site
Liverpool University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
12/11/2025
Job overview
Applications are invited for the position of substantive Consultant in Anaesthesia at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and with sessions and service to obstetric service at Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) is a large university teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre with a stimulating and challenging case-mix. Liverpool Women's NHS Trust (LWH) is a standalone tertiary obstetric and gynaecology unit with over 8000 deliveries a year.
A contribution to teaching, education and training of both undergraduates and postgraduates is expected at both trusts.
Main duties of the job
LUHFT provides a mixture of elective cancer, benign, orthopaedic, trauma and emergency care and LWH provides care for over 8000 deliveries including tertiary referrals from outside of the catchment area as well as providing a range of gynaecology services.
The job description demonstrates an example of the work pattern including on call commitments at LWH but this will be discussed in more detail at pre interview meetings and upon successful interview.
Your role is primarily in delivering care for these areas including dedicated obstetric sessions.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist. The outline of the working week is given below, and applicants will be expected to participate in the department's on-call rota. Further clinical sessions are available for applicants wishing to undertake an 11th PA in line with other department members. 1.5 core SPA are initially included in the job description for newly appointed consultants. This can be increased if additional roles or responsibilities are agreed, up to a total of 2.5 SPA. Applicants will be expected to undertake appropriate pre- and post-operative visits.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB ChB or equivalent
- FRCA, MRCP or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
- Have CCT in Anaesthesia or be expected to attain such within 6 months of interview date, or be included on the Specialist register
Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skills and expertise in anaesthesia
- Experience in the perioperative management of high-risk patients undergoing complex surgery
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to higher training) in: Orthopaedics
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to higher training) in: Trauma
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to higher training) in: General, urological and gynaecological surgery
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to higher training) in: Transfer medicine
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to higher training) in: Non-theatre anaesthesia
- ALS training
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary ain team
- Interest and experience in critical care medicine
- Clinical experience and knowledge (equivalent to advanced training) in: Obstetrics
Desirable criteria
- ATLS training or equivalent
- Expertise in difficult airway Management e.g. Advanced training in Airway Management.
- Interest and training in echocardiography (TTE)
- Expertise in ultrasoundguided regional anaesthesia for upper and lower limb surgery, e.g. Advanced training (or equivalent) in general, urological and gynaecological surgery)
- Evidence of managing anaesthetic services on a labour ward
Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of life-long learning
- Participation in clinical audit and/or service improvement projects.
- Participation in reflective practice and incident reporting processes.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in research projects relevant to anaesthesia, critical care or pain medicine.
- Commitment to continue research towards higher qualification.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in bed-side and class-room teaching.
- Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a Clinical Supervisor.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching nonmedical professionals
- Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as an Educational Supervisor.
- Educational qualification.
Ability Motivation Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on anaesthetic problems for planned procedures and emergencies
- Initiative and ability to co-ordinate teams
- Leadership potential.
- Punctual
- Committed to speciality and enthusiastic about the role of anaesthetists.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising core trainees and registrars, with feedback.
Management Ability
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in the management of an anaesthetic department
- Ability to organise and advise on efficient anaesthetic services.
Desirable criteria
Presentations and Publications
Essential criteria
- Presentations at regional and/or national meetings
Desirable criteria
- Publications relevant to the post
Networking
Essential criteria
- Membership of relevant societies
Desirable criteria
Other
Desirable criteria
- Overseas experience/experience in other UK regions.
Personality
Essential criteria
- Evidence of the ability to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations and work in a team
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Confident without arrogance.
- Enthusiasm to support others
- Positive approach to lessons learnt
- Flexibility, embraces change.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download
Anaesthetic Consultant with special interest in Obstetrics (PDF, 200.4KB)
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Risk ID (PDF, 320.6KB)
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Recruitment Documents (PDF, 383.5KB)
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Trust Values & Behaviours (PDF, 259.0KB)
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Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Dr Delve
Job title
Clinical Lead - Anaesthesia
Email address
Telephone number
0151 706 2430
Additional information
Visiting Arrangements
Prospective candidates should arrange to see the following individuals:
Dr Peter Delve, Clinical Lead - 0151 706 2340/
Dr Charlene Grassman, Anaesthetic Clinical Director (Liverpool Womens)
0151 708 9988 (ext 4132) -
