Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Transplant Anaesthesia

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Transplant Anaesthesia, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

Interviews for this post will be held in person on 08 December 2026 at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join a team of 12 Transplant Anaesthetists covering a dedicated 24/7 transplant on call rota. Our transplant numbers have seen a year-on-year increase for the last five years. At present, we perform 100-120 liver, 10-15 multivisceral, 10-15 pancreas and 150-200 kidney transplants per year. We are actively involved in the research program into organ optimisation using normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) and normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). This post will include sessions in other surgical subspecialties according to mutually agreed job planning. The on call commitment will be for transplant and Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) rota.

The candidate must be fully registered with the GMC and would be expected to be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join an expanding, innovative and dynamic department of more than 100 substantive Consultants, 50 trainees and 20 Senior Clinical Fellows/ Higher Clinical Fellows, providing anaesthetic services in this thriving, modern teaching hospital. Addenbrooke’s not only provides a broad range of medical services for people living in the Cambridge area but is also a regional/supra-regional referral centre for a number of specialties including cancer surgery, neurosurgery, transplantation, plastic surgery, vascular surgery and paediatrics. As a world-renowned teaching hospital, there is unparalleled capacity for teaching and research including involvement in the high-fidelity simulation centre, and research projects within the department as well as the wider biomedical campus.

Addenbrooke’s is the teaching hospital for the University of Cambridge and is a flagship NHS hospital having achieved NHS Foundation Trust status in July 2004. It has strong international links particularly through the University and it is a world-class centre for medical research.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.