# Consultant Anaesthetist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/48e7cd4b-68d1-4ef6-8437-f0f50cd0f301 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-anaesthetist/48e7cd4b-68d1-4ef6-8437-f0f50cd0f301.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Location:** University Hospital of Wales; University Hospital Llandough - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £114,099 - £166,585 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-23T12:01:06.612Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Anaesthesia/Anaesthesia-v8268821 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview CONSULTANT IN GENERAL ANAESTHESIA Applications are invited for a Consultant Anaesthetist to join a rapidly expanding anaesthetic department working across the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough sites in Cardiff. Sessions are available in a variety of surgical disciplines including General, Vascular, Neuro, Urology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Head & Neck, Ophthalmology, Trauma, Breast, Thrombectomy and Gynaecological Surgery. Academic interests will be encouraged; research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University’s Wales College of Medicine will be expected. The Anaesthetic Department has a very active ongoing academic research programme. Cardiff and Vale Health Board is one of the largest in the UK and is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services. Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements. Applicants should be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Anaesthetics or be within 6 months of award of a CCT at the time of interview. You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The salary range for this post is £114,099 per annum to £166,585 per annum A satisfactory disclosure check will be required of the successful applicants. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will contribute to the full range of anaesthetic services provided by the Department and will be expected to work collaboratively and flexibly to support the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. The post holder will contribute to the provision of consultant anaesthetic cover across a wide range of surgical specialties and will support colleagues where required to maintain service provision. Clinical sessions are available across a diverse range of surgical specialties including General, Vascular, Neuro, Urology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Head & Neck, Ophthalmology, Trauma, Breast, Thrombectomy and Gynaecological Surgery. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in the consultant on-call rota, contribute to the supervision, education and training of junior doctors and take an active role in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development within the Department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job Description and Personal Specification attached within the supporting documents. ### 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. Welsh language skills are not necessary ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice - Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance - Evidence of engagement with revalidation ### Ability **Essential** - Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working - Counselling and communication skills ### Research **Essential** - Active Research Interests **Desirable** - Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication ### Teaching **Essential** - Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors **Desirable** - Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes ### Experience **Essential** - Broad training and experience in Anaesthetics ### Management **Essential** - Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice - On Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR(CP) due within six months of interview date ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Evidence of ability to work both in a team and alone ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 824.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10637202) - [cardiff visitor guide (pdf, 26.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1104) - [personal specification (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586413) - [data protection privacy notice (m&d) (pdf, 423.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1408) - [functional requirement form anaesthetics (pdf, 357.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10637753) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [guidance notes for applicants - medical & dental (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1106) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (welsh) (pdf, 4.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2177) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (english) (pdf, 992.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1107) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.