Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics


Company:	Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£63,696 - £102,689 per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Wigan, WN1 2NN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Aug 2026
Closing date:	25 Sept 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery of the Anaesthetics service within the directorate and participate in the out of hours rota, maintaining a high standard of care. The successful candidate may be required to work across all 3 sites. The post holder will be expected to play a full part in complying with all aspects of clinical governance.

The clinical duties will include those duties normally expected of a specialty doctor in a similar sized Trust. The appointees will have completed a minimum of 5 years Specialty training in Anaesthetics or equivalent with relevant experience and competencies. Full GMC registration is essential and evidence of further experience and training in Obstetric Anaesthesia is desirable.

The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary) provides in-patient acute beds for Medicine, Paediatrics, ENT, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Trauma, Pelvic Trauma, Breast Surgery and Urology. In addition, the Obstetric Unit is based here and there is an Accident and Emergency Department which also functions as a Trauma Unit.

Wrightington Hospital is where most of the elective Orthopaedic Surgery is performed, as well as accommodating the Rheumatology service. This is an Tertiary referral Orthopaedic centre of Excellence, attracting Anaesthetic trainees with an interest in Regional Anaesthesia.

Leigh Infirmary functions as a Day Case Unit and a Diagnostic and Treatment Centre – The Hanover.

The Trust serves a population of 320,000 on the western edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation. The Borough is bordered by the M6, M61 and M62 motorways as well as the main west coast rail line, providing excellent access to the Pennines, Lake District, and North West coastline

The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery of the Anaesthetic service within the directorate, maintaining a high standard of care. The successful candidate may be required to work across all 3 sites. The post holder will be expected to play a full part in complying with all aspects of clinical governance.

The clinical duties will include those duties normally expected of a specialty doctor in a similar sized Trust and provide on call cover of 1:8 full time equivalent as part of a mixed rota covering theatres, maternity, intensive care, and Wrightington Hospital site which will include support for acute pain issues on the ward and looking after Enhanced Care Unit and could involve ventilated patient transfers to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary ICU from Wrightington Hospital when required. We commonly undertake surgically complex upper and lower limb joint replacements and receive a good number of peri prosthetic fracture patients for surgery. We also operate an Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) to look after medically and surgically complex patients pre and post operatively.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Aug 2026

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