Consultant Anaesthetist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bury, BL9 7TD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Anaesthetics.

The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Anaesthetics primarly based at Fairfield General Hospital.

Fairfield Hospital situated in Bury, close to the M66 and M60 motorways on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, 14 miles north of Manchester city centre.

The hospital has excellent elective orthopaedic services, including high risk elective orthopaedics, and it is a major hub for elective orthopaedic surgery. We also have elective and emergency ENT services for the northern sector of the Northern Care Alliance (Fairfield General Hospital, Royal Oldham Hospital, and Rochdale Infirmary). This includes complex airway cases. Anaesthetic services are also provided for 23 hour/day case general surgery, gynaecology, community dental and cardiology. There are 8 theatres at FGH, and 6 theatres are high airflow suitable for prosthetic joint surgery. Along with Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield is one of the NCA’s two elective hubs.

You will be required to have full registration with the General Medical Council and a valid licence to practice and be on the specialist register for Anaesthesia, or be within 6 months of CCT or equivalent at the time of interview.

Expertise in upper & lower limb block is essential, as is significant experience in anaesthesia for ENT surgery. A proportion of the direct clinical care (DCC) will be delivered at one of the other sites within the NCA.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page:

https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/search-and-apply/recruitment-drives/consultant-careers

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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