Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and forward thinking Consultant Anaesthetist (or anaesthetists) to support the delivery and development of anaesthetic and perioperative services within Greater Lancashire Hospital.

The successful applicant/s will be expected to provide consultant-led anaesthetic services across a range of specialties and support the continued growth of surgical services within the hospital.

This role offers the opportunity to help shape future service development within a growing and ambitious healthcare organisation.

The successful candidate/s will provide high-quality consultant anaesthetic care to patients undergoing surgical and diagnostic procedures within Greater Lancashire Hospital whilst maintaining the highest standards of patient safety, governance and professionalism.

The role will contribute to:

• Service delivery
• Clinical governance
• Quality improvement
• Teaching and mentorship
• Strategic service development

Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:

• Provide consultant-led anaesthesia for elective surgery and procedures.
• Undertake comprehensive pre-operative assessment and optimisation.
• Deliver safe perioperative care.
• Participate in enhanced recovery programmes.
• Support the development of patient-centred pathways
• Work collaboratively with surgeons, ODP's, nursing teams and allied health professionals.
• Contribute to theatre efficiency and utilisation.
• Participate in emergency response and clinical deterioration management, where required.
• Participate in clinical governance programmes.
• Undertake audit and quality improvement work.
• Support incident review and learning processes.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and professional guidance.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records.
• Demonstrate visible clinical leadership.
• Support service redesign and innovation.
• Promote multidisciplinary working.
• Mentor junior clinicians, colleagues and medical students.
• Contribute to strategic planning and development of surgical services.
• Support educational activities for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
• Contribute to clinical teaching sessions.
• Participate in skills training and simulation where appropriate
• Support professional development across the multidisciplinary team.
• Support quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in clinical audit.
• Encourage evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to service evaluations and research activity where appropriate.

About us
Bespoke Healthcare Group was founded in 2006 to supprot delivery of high-quality, individualised patient care through collaboration with NHS Trusts.

Over the last two decades, Bespoke Healthcare has developed an outstanding reputation for:

• Clinical excellence
• Safe and effective service delivery
• High-quality patient outcomes
• Ethical healthcare provision
• Experienced consultants and clinical team
• Transparent and sustainable service models

We are fully registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and have achieved a rating of Good overall, with Outstanding recognition for patient care.

Greater Lancashire Hospital (GLH) is an independent hospital located just outside Preston, Lancashire.

We provide:

• Outpatient services
• Day-case and in-patient surgery
• Diagnostic imaging
• Ultrasound services
• Specialist clinical pathways
• NHS and independent patient services

We work closely with NHS Trusts across Lancashire and the Northwest to deliver timely, high-quality patient care, providing placements for 5th Year Medical Students from theUniversity of Central Lancashire and working with other local Universities to support research programmes.

We are proud to be recognised as the only hospital in the Northwest to achieve an Outstanding rating from the CQC for patient care and areone of a small number of independent healthcare providers awarded NHS contracts to deliver complex specialist services, including Neurology Services in South Cumbria.

Details
Date posted: 20 September 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £155,000 a year
Pro rata for part-time arrangements
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number: E0137-26-0013
Job locations: Greater Lancashire Hospital, D'Urton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5LD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Reports To
Medical Director and Responsible Officer (Dr Ian Schofield)

Accountable To
Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer

THE ROLE
The successful candidate/s will provide high-quality consultant anaesthetic care to patients undergoing surgical and diagnostic procedures within Greater Lancashire Hospital whilst maintaining the highest standards of patient safety, governance and professionalism.

The role will contribute to:

• Service delivery
• Clinical governance
• Quality improvement
• Teaching and mentorship
• Strategic service development

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
C linical Responsibilities
The post-holder/s will:

• Provide consultant-led anaesthesia for elective surgery and procedures.
• Undertake comprehensive pre-operative assessment and optimisation.
• Deliver safe perioperative care.
• Participate in enhanced recovery programmes.
• Support the development of patient-centred pathways.
• Work collaboratively with surgeons, operating department practitioners, nursing teams and allied health professionals.
• Contribute to theatre efficiency and utilisation.
• Participate in emergency response and clinical deterioration management, where required.

Clinical Governance
The post-holder/s will:

• Participate actively in clinical governance programmes.
• Undertake audit and quality improvement work.
• Support incident review and learning processes.
• Participate in mortality and morbidity reviews where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and professional guidance.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records.

Leadership Responsibilities
The post-holder will:

• Demonstrate visible clinical leadership.
• Support service redesign and innovation.
• Promote multidisciplinary working.
• Mentor junior clinicians and colleagues.
• Contribute to strategic planning and development of surgical services.

Teaching and Education
The post-holder will:

• Support educational activities for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
• Contribute to clinical teaching sessions.
• Participate in skills training and simulation where appropriate.
• Support professional development across the multidisciplinary team.

Quality Improvement and Research
The successful candidate/s will:

• Support quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in clinical audit.
• Encourage evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to service evaluations and research activity where appropriate.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification recognised by the GMC.
• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise.
• FRCA or equivalent.
• Completion of specialist training in Anaesthesia.
• CCT in Anaesthesia or eligibility for Specialist Register entry

Desirable

• MSc, MD or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Additional qualifications in:
• oPerioperative Medicine
• oRegional Anaesthesia
• oPatient Safety
• oMedical Leadership

Experience
Essential

• Broad experience as a Consultant Anaesthetist.
• Experience delivering anaesthesia independently.
• Experience in perioperative assessment and optimisation / enhanced recovery.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working.
• Audit and quality improvement experience.

Desirable

• Regional anaesthesia expertise.
• Independent sector experience.
• Teaching and training experience.
• Service development experience

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong clinical judgement.
• Effective decision making.
• Team working and collaboration.
• Leadership and organisational skills.
• Commitment to patient-centred care.

Desirable

• Formal leadership training.
• Simulation training experience.

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.

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: Bespoke Healthcare
Address: Greater Lancashire Hospital, D'Urton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5LD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.bespokehealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Chief Operating Officer
Sara Derbyshire
sara.derbyshire@bespokehealthcare.co.uk
07969476690

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.