Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

General Description

The closing date is 11 February 2026.

Do you have the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role Find out below.

We are looking for a Locum Consultant who has considerable Anaesthetics experience to join our team of 23 Consultants at Basildon Hospital.

You will get a chance to work across a wide variety of surgical specialties, especially elective and emergency vascular cases.

Working with colleagues you will help drive current service changes with reconfiguration of vascular services in Mid and South Essex, endorsed by the Vascular Society, GIRFT and NHS England Specialist commissioning team.

Please note this post is a Fixed Term post for 12 months commencing from your start date.

Main duties of the job

The Basildon Vascular surgical team cover all aspects of Vascular surgery including EVAR/TEVAR and Renal Vascular Access. The Regional Cardio-Thoracic Centre based on the Basildon Site, has a busy primary PCI service and TAVI programme for which we provide a 24/7 vascular cover for any unforeseen emergencies.

Basildon Hospital has a successful hyper-acute stroke unit generating >40 carotid procedures per annum. At present, Basildon is part of the South Essex Emergency Vascular network providing emergency vascular provision (Monday- Chelmsford, Tuesday- Southend, Wednesday- Basildon, Thursday – Harlow) with Basildon Hospital on-call for vascular emergencies 1:4 weekends.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details of this interesting role please see attached job description.

You will be expected to integrate within the team of existing consultant staff in order to provide a complete Anaesthetics Service. The Trust is committed to offering a much more patient focused service and Anaesthetics have made their services available seven days a week and the successful applicant will be expected to participate in these services.

Anaesthesia services are provided for 2 day Surgery theatres at Orsett. Basildon has 7 main theatres, 3 day surgery theatres and 2 maternity theatres, and also a hybrid theatre in the Cardiothoracic Centre. The day unit also feeds patients into the main theatres. In addition anaesthetic services are provided for A&E, X-ray, Cardiology and patients requiring ECT.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• MBBS or Equivalent
• Evidence of completion of specialist training or equivalent
• GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion training (CCT) at time of interview

Experience

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty.
• Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems. xwzovoh

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time) – YC73