Consultant Anaesthetist

Job summary

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Are you a skilled Consultant Anaesthetist looking for a flexible role that offers the opportunity to deliver outstanding patient care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance? We are seeking a dedicated clinician to join our multidisciplinary team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Shepton Mallet on a 22-hour per week employed contract.

Working within our modern elective surgical hospital, you'll support a range of specialties including Orthopaedics, General Surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology, delivering high-quality anaesthetic care and helping us achieve exceptional outcomes for every patient.

As our Consultant Anaesthetist, you'll provide a broad range of general and regional anaesthetic services across our elective surgical pathways. Working closely with surgeons, theatre teams and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll play a key role in ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Alongside your clinical duties, you'll contribute to governance activities, service development, education and audit programmes, helping us continuously improve the care we provide. Participation in the consultant on-call rota will also be required.

Main duties of the job

As our Consultant Anaesthetist, you will be:

• Delivering general and regional anaesthesia across elective surgical services.
• Supporting Orthopaedic, General Surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology procedures.
• Participating in pre-assessment clinics and patient optimisation.
• Taking part in the consultant on-call rota.
• Providing specialist advice and support to colleagues and Resident Medical Officers.
• Maintaining accurate and comprehensive clinical records.
• Contributing to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
• Participating in departmental, governance and MDT meetings.
• Supporting service development and pathway enhancements.
• Teaching and mentoring junior doctors, anaesthetic practitioners and other healthcare professionals.

About us

With your full GMC Registration and Specialist Registration in Anaesthesia, you will also have:

• FRCA or equivalent qualification.
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification.
• Extensive training and experience in anaesthesia.
• Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality clinical care.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong multidisciplinary team-working abilities.
• Commitment to CPD, audit and clinical governance.
• A patient-focused approach and commitment to clinical excellence.

What you can expect in return:

• A competitive salary based on experience - substantive employment only to be considered
• A performance related incentive scheme
• The support you need to grow in your role and continue your professional development including 10 days CPD per year based on full-time hours.
• 25 days holiday increasing with service up to a maximum of 28 days plus bank holidays based on full-time hours.
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Flexible shifts that enable you to work around other commitments
• Mandatory training through our excellent in-house education programme

Please ensure that your CV used in applying includes details of what interested you in the role as well as describing relevant experience within the past 3 years i.e., number of cases performed and outcomes from national database (when relevant).

To apply for the role, click on the link below. If you have any questions, contact sarah.melder@practiceplusgroup.com

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Details

• Date posted: 15 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: Depending on experience Competitive – substantive employment required
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 14692
• Job locations: Old Wells Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4LP, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For more information, request a copy of the full job description from sarah.melder@practiceplusgroup.com

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

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