Speciality Doctor in Anaesthetics

Job summary
Total 14 PA plus 4% on call supplement salary dependent on experience:

Jersey is the place to rediscover why you love what you do. You will be part of a supportive community where teamwork is everything, and everyone is focused on individual patient care. We will give you a generous relocation package, continual training and the freedom to be inspired, be valued and be unique.

We are seeking a new Speciality Doctor to join our Anaesthetics department within Jersey General Hospital. The holder will be expected to provide medical care to patients requiring anaesthesia, critical care and management of acute and chronic pain.

The post is suitable for Doctors with a wide clinical experience of anaesthesia. The person specification sheet details essential and desirable requirements. During the appointment the post holder may be expected to provide anaesthetic services in the following areas:

• Critical Care
• Acute pain management
• ENT Surgery
• General Surgery
• Gynaecology and Obstetrics
• Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery

The successful candidates will join 10 SAS doctors and 2 Associate Specialists. The department has also recently increased to 7 Consultant Anaesthetists, 3 with a special interest in Intensive Care Medicine.

Main duties of the job
The department provides Anaesthetic cover for a wide range of surgical disciplines and will thus offer an interesting and varied clinical commitment. This is a truly exciting time for the Anaesthetic Department and a great opportunity to help develop and continue to deliver first class health care to the island of Jersey.

The holder will be expected to provide medical care to patients requiring anaesthesia, critical care and management of acute and chronic pain.

About us
Health care professionals in Jersey enjoy more autonomy and the opportunity to shape the public health service on an island on a development journey.

Jersey is a unique place to live and work and being a Doctor in Jersey is different. As a crown dependency, we are an Island nation which includes our own Health Care Service. It is a service on the move, with the new Enid Quenault health care facility opened in 2023 and commitment to improve and invest in further healthcare facilities including a brand-new acute hospital. Our patients and health professionals are at the centre of all we do. As a doctor you have more time to care and we give more time to you, for your development and wellbeing as well as the opportunity to carry out private patient work.

Teaching and Research
Health and Care Jersey is recognised for junior doctors and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health and Care Jersey.

Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. Health and Care Jersey has an advantageous policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.

We welcome multi centre research clinical trials if approved from a body such as NHS.

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: £72,070 to £109,324 a year 10 PA salary (dependant on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: K0011-26-0089
Closing date: 03 November 2026

Job responsibilities
The post is suitable for Doctors with a wide clinical experience of anaesthesia. During the appointment the post holder may be expected to provide anaesthetic services in the following areas:

• Critical Care
• Acute pain management
• Chronic pain management
• ENT Surgery
• General Surgery
• Gynaecology and Obstetrics
• Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Urology

It is expected that all patients will receive a pre-operative assessment visit from their anaesthetist prior to surgery.

In the event that the post holder's routine surgical list is cancelled or short, they may be asked by the Consultant Anaesthetist in administrative charge to undertake other work. The practice of handing over cases to the Duty Anaesthetist at 17.00 is not encouraged.

The rota arrangements described above will be reviewed six monthly and may be varied by the Consultants with the agreement of the non consultant staff. Specific duties and time-tabling will be subject to an annual Job-plan review. The department expects cooperative team working.

Transfers to the mainland by air ambulance occur regularly, and on occasion out of hours. An anaesthetist may be called upon to assist in the transfer of patients to tertiary referral centres in the United Kingdom. Such occasional extra duties will be paid. Training in air ambulance work will be provided and it is expected that the post holder will take up a training place at the first available opportunity.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated.

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service.

On call rota
The General On-Call Anaesthetist. Responsibilities include general emergency work and booked semi-emergency cases. The general call anaesthetist may return home during quiet periods and to sleep but must be available to return if needed without delay.

The Critical Care / Maternity Anaesthetist will be in charge of the day-to-day running of the Critical Care Unit and on call for critical care admissions, maternity cases, cardiac arrests and emergency department assistance. He/she will make a personal handover to his or her successor starting at 08.00 daily. During working hours there will be assistance and supervision by a consultant with critical care sessions. Out of hours cover will be by the on call consultant.

If the Critical Care / Maternity Anaesthetist is not available to respond immediately to a cardiac arrest or resuscitation call, he must notify the switchboard to ensure the General Call or Consultant Anaesthetist is contacted.

It is a condition of your appointment that when you are on duty for Critical Care / Maternity you will reside in the on call accommodation provided adjoining the Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine.

Prospective cover for annual and study leave is allowed for in calculations of the working week. The post holder will not be expected to work the day after a night on call, but is expected to attend teaching and audit meetings. 50% of on call will be as the resident critical care / maternity anaesthetist. The general call anaesthetist is not expected to be resident.

An annual rota showing on call commitments is published in the second half of the year preceding the rota. It is expected that where leave requirements clash with on call commitments the doctor will arrange an appropriate swap with a colleague. A detailed rota covering the exact disposition of non consultant anaesthetists during each week is produced by the Tuesday of the previous week. Last-minute changes to the rota may become necessary so anaesthetists are expected to carry their bleeps at all times between 08.00 and 18.00 Monday to Friday, except when post on call, so they can be contacted if necessary.

Within office hours a consultant is always available within the hospital. On call consultants carry a bleep or a mobile phone and can be contacted easily through the hospital switchboard.

The department provides anaesthetic cover for 50 elective operating lists and 5 emergency trauma sessions each week. 9500 patients are anaesthetised each year.

Anaesthesia is largely conducted in the Main Theatre Suite of 6 theatres, including an obstetric theatre, and the Day Surgery Unit, which has two operating theatres. All theatres are well equipped and anaesthetic equipment fulfils current Association of Anaesthetists standards for monitoring. All patients are recovered in an appropriately staffed recovery area.

The standard working day starts at 08.00. The first patient on the morning list should be anaesthetised by 09.00. The first patient on the afternoon list should be anaesthetised by 13.30. Average list finish time is 17.00 but anaesthetists are expected to be flexible and occasional overruns up to 18.00 are allowed for in calculating levels of pay.

As in all hospitals the Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine provides an emergency on call service. A consultant and two non-consultants are on call at all times. The two on call anaesthetists are known as the General Call Anaesthetist and the Critical Care / Maternity Anaesthetist.

The Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine comprises nine consultants, two associate specialists, twelve staff grade doctors and one F2. Medical staff are assisted by a pain management team and there are three departmental secretaries. The department is well located, close to theatres and the critical care unit. It consists of office space for anaesthetists and secretarial staff, a seminar room and an on call room for the critical care / maternity on call anaesthetist.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment).
• Primary Medical Degree

Desirable:

• Primary Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Clinical Experience in an NHS environment
• ATLS
• APLS
• ALS

Experience
Essential:

• 4 years postgraduate medical training
• At least 2 years specialty training or experience in specialty
• Basic computer skills including use of MS office programmes and e-mail
• Basic legal requirements for consent and note taking
• Human anatomy relevant to the practice of anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and pain management
• Human physiology and biochemistry, and their application to the clinical practice of anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and pain relief
• General pharmacological principles, and a knowledge of drugs likely to be encountered in basic anaesthetic practice and the current treatment of patients presenting for anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and pain relief
• Evidence of competency to the level set out for basic level training of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
• 3 months training in Intensive Care Medicine.
• Basic competency in obstetric anaesthesia including: safe performance of labour epidural; management of labour epidurals; caesarean section under spinal, epidural and general anaesthesia.
• Participation in Clinical Audit and Risk Management Activities
• Experience of Teaching, Training and Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and undergraduate students

Desirable:

• Enthusiastic Teacher
• Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience
• 3 years experience in approved UK anaesthetic training environment
• Anaesthetic logbook confirming experience
• Experience of working in Pain Medicine

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Health and Community Services
Address: Government Of Jersey, 19-21 Broad Street, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE2 3RR, United Kingdom
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead, Dr Alun Roberts, View email address on meeveem.com

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