Consultant Anaesthetist | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 Pro rata, per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Wigan, WN1 2NN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Nov 2026
Closing date:	9 Dec 2026

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Summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant Anaesthetist to join our well-established and highly skilled Anaesthetics Department. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated clinician to contribute to the delivery of high-quality anaesthetic services across the Trust.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive elective and emergency perioperative anaesthetic care and will play an active role in the Trust's general anaesthetic on-call rota. The post-holder will undertake the full range of duties and responsibilities expected of a Consultant Anaesthetist, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of patient care.

In addition to delivering excellent clinical services, the successful candidate will be expected to maintain and develop their professional knowledge and skills, participate in clinical governance and appraisal activities, and contribute to the education and training of medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues.

This role offers the opportunity to join a supportive team of experienced anaesthetists within a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care across all of its hospital sites.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering anaesthetic services across WWL. Working across the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wrightington Hospital and Leigh Infirmary, the post holder will provide anaesthetic support to a wide range of specialties including orthopaedics, trauma, general surgery, ENT, obstetrics and gynaecology, urology, paediatrics and day-case surgery.

The role includes participation in elective and emergency anaesthetic services, the departmental on-call rota, and pre-operative assessment clinics, including high-risk pathways. The successful candidate will contribute to specialist services such as major orthopaedic surgery, obstetric anaesthesia, critical care, trauma and chronic pain.

The post holder will actively participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, morbidity and mortality meetings, and service development. They will also support the education, supervision and training of Resident Doctors, Clinical Fellows, SAS Doctors and other healthcare professionals, with opportunities to participate in simulation and teaching programmes.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Responsibility for Finance

• Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service

• Demonstrate awareness of the need for cost improvement programmes within the service.

• Promote effective utilisation of resources.

• Provide the service within its financial constraints.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Be expected to supervise and train SAS Doctors and Doctors in Training

• Adhere and promote Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and maintain the Professional Code of Conduct

• Ensure compliance with the Mandatory training policy in accordance with the Trust policy.

• Compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Information Governance – the potholder is not entitled to use for their own benefit or gain, or to divulge to any persons, firm or other organisation whatsoever confidential information belonging to the Trust or relating the Trust’s affairs or dealings which may come to their knowledge during employment.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Responsibility for Teaching

The Department is committed to delivering a high quality, safe service. The ICU enjoys full Accreditation with the Intercollegiate Board for Training in Intensive Care Medicine. There is a new post-graduate and skills centre on the Wigan site. There are regular educational meetings on two sites (Wigan and Wrightington). There will be opportunities to become involved with Simulation Training.

Work Circumstances & on-call

A mutually acceptable Job Plan will be agreed on appointment to the post. The successful candidate will undergo annual appraisal and five yearly re validations. The Trust and the Department of Anaesthesia are committed to supporting doctors through appraisal and re validation. There is no on -call requirement as part of this appointment.

This advert closes on Monday 30 Nov 2026

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