Consultant Anaesthetist - Major General

Job summary

We are a large and friendly department with over 65 Consultants, 11 SAS, up to 35 Trainees and post CCT Fellows. We are very proud to be a MDHU Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit with 4 Military Consultants and a variable number of Military trainees of various grades. We have 4 qualified AAs in a bespoke programme designed for the benefit of, and led by the department. The department also hosts 3.5 WTE Acute Pain Nurses, Peri-Operative team, 20 WTE Pre Operative Assessment Nurses and 4 Administrative and Clerical staff.

As a department we have a reputation for being cohesive, innovative and providing excellent education and support to our trainees, Trust Grades and Consultants. We were delighted to be one of the first Departments in the UK to achieve ACSA accreditation from the RCOA and reaccredited again in 2023. We have also had a successful Getting it Right First Time GIRFT visit and were particularly commended for our Surgery School and our Surgical High Care Unit.

AAC Panel Date: Wednesday 12th March 2025

Main duties of the job

The hospital has 30 operating theatres and 5 remote suites where anaesthetic services are delivered. The department provides anaesthetic services to all sites in the Trust and supports subspecialties including:

• Major General: Colorectal, Upper GI (including Oesophagectomies), Bariatrics, Gynaecology, Urology. Including robotic surgery (4 robotic theatres)
• Major Head and Neck and ENT (including free flap surgery)
• Orthopaedics, including significant amount of regional anaesthesia
• Renal transplant and Renal Vascular access surgery
• Plastics
• Paediatrics
• Obstetrics
• Pain
• Non-theatre: Interventional Radiology, CT/ MRI, Gastro/Endoscopy and Cardiology.
• Periop Medicine: Anaesthetic Preassessment clinic, dedicated Bariatric/Upper GI clinic and MDT, CPET, daily Surgical High-Care Ward round and Surgery School (www.surgeryschool.co.uk)

The department runs numerous courses and particularly prides itself on its reputation within the region for teaching. We run a nationally-recognised difficult airway course (PAWS), numerous simulator courses (we have a high-fidelity Simulation Suite on site), Regional Anaesthesia courses and exam preparation courses.

Our Intensive Care Unit is a separate 24 bedded department within the same Care Group and 7 of the 14 Consultant Intensivists have anaesthetic sessions.

Job responsibilities

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.