Consultant Anaesthetist

Job overview

Consultant Anaesthetist

We are delighted to seek applications for the post of Consultant Anaesthetist to join our team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

If you are looking for an Anaesthetics team that has a reputation for being extremely friendly and supportive and is highly regarded by trainees in the region then join our people and be a part of the incredible department here at Salisbury. In addition to strong interests in medical education and service improvement, including enhanced recovery and pain management, our Consultants enhance the profile of the department through their engagement in a variety of wider Trust activities and transformation work.

Sub-specialty interests could be accommodated across the range of specialties at our hospital including paediatric anaesthesia, pain medicine, obstetric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, orthopaedic anaesthesia and preoperative assessment.

Interviews will take place on  Wednesday 6th August 2025.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be required to contribute to the provision of anaesthetic services across the Trust as part of a team of 33 Consultants, 3 Specialists,10 SAS doctors and 24 trainees.  Alongside the usual range of district hospital surgical specialities, here at Salisbury we have a regional Plastic Surgery and Burns service and a supra-regional Spinal Injuries service.

This is a 8 PA post, but it is likely that an additional programmed activity could be offered to the successful candidate.   The proportion of SPA would increase in line with increasing responsibilities after appointment.   The successful applicant would take part in the general on call rota with a frequency of 1:16.

Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our interactive candidate information pack  provides further detail, but we strongly encourage suitable applicants to make informal enquiries about the post to Dr Ross Cruickshank, Lead Clinician for Anaesthetics.

We further welcome informal visits to meet our team and to see the hospital. Please make enquiries through Mrs Sarah McAvinue on 01722 425050.