Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) is the largest tertiary Paediatric Hospital in the UK. The successful candidate would be joining a department of 47 Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists delivering sessions across RMCH, MREH, Christie Hospital, Trafford Hospital and Wythenshawe hospital.
The department provides anaesthesia for a wide range of paediatric surgical specialities including neurosurgery, complex airway, hyperinsulinism, palatofacial surgery, burn injury, paediatric urology including bladder exstrophy, renal transplant surgery, and neonatal surgery.
The post attracts 10 PAs . The job plan may include sessions at any of the hospitals mentioned above (RMCH, MREH, Christie Hospital, Trafford Hospital and Wythenshawe hospital. Weekend elective work may be required in the future.
Candidates should demonstrate proven experience in Paediatric anaesthetics.
The new consultant will provide anaesthesia for the services provided by the hospitals: Vide Infra for contractual commitment. Provision of services, including a 1 in 16 on-call rota, will be shared with other consultant anaesthetists at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
The appointee will be contracted for a 10 PA job, made up of 8.5 direct clinical care PAs and 1.5 supporting PA for revalidation, appraisal, job planning, teaching, audit, CME/CPD, mandatory training, clinical governance and other administrative duties.
The job plan is flexible to meet the needs of the service. The job plan October 2026 attached is an example and the exact timings of clinical sessions to be agreed through discussion and agreement with the Clinical Director dependent on service demands.
The clinical commitment will consist of a variety of surgical specialties, and the appointee would be expected to work at RMCH and all its affiliated sites and to cover for colleagues annual, study and sick leave.
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