Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Ability to critically assess learning requirements for self and others.
- Teaching
Evidence of organising programmes and teaching all staff groups.
- Teaching
Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff.
- Safeguarding
Demonstrates knowledge of safeguarding requirements and takes appropriate responsibility.
- Safeguarding
Evidence of applying appropriate equality and diversity legislation.
- Clinical Experience
Broad based experience within the specialty area.
- Clinical Experience
Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post.
- Clinical Experience
Experience of leading a team
- Clinical Governance
Understanding of the role of Clinical Governance.
- Clinical Governance
Participation in clinical audit (or quality improvement project) and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice.
- Clinical Governance
Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for actions.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to work flexibly.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure.
- Skills and Attributes
Undertake responsibility for leading and supervising a team.
- Skills and Attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.
- Research and Scholarship
Demonstrates knowledge of current research and best practice in the specialty area.
- Research and Scholarship
Evidence of keeping up to date with current research and best practice.
- Research and Scholarship
Evidence of locating and using clinical guidelines appropriately.
- Research and Scholarship
Evidence of communicating and interpreting research evidence in a meaningful way.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
On the GMC Specialist Register (including via Portfolio Pathway (CESR)/European Community Rights) or will have CCT due within six months of interview date.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Valid Certified Advanced Life Support.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Where a sub-specialty interest is required, Intensive Care Medicine, sub-specialty training should be to a level appropriate for UK consultant sub-specialist practice - fellowship or equivalent level experience.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
- Teaching
Teaching qualification.
- Clinical Experience
Previous experience working in the UK or NHS.
- Clinical Governance
Knowledge of risk management.
- Research and Scholarship
Active participation in research.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Additional Higher qualification(s).
Job overview
West Wales offers an outstanding quality of life, with access to beautiful coastline, national parks and rural countryside. Aberystwyth is a lively university town with a strong community feel, good local amenities and excellent opportunities for outdoor activities.
Hywel Dda University Health Board is looking to appoint a Consultant in Anaesthetics to join the established team at Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth. This post offers the opportunity to develop a sustainable consultant role within a supportive department, while benefitting from an excellent work–life balance in West Wales.
Bronglais General Hospital provides acute services to Ceredigion and surrounding areas and plays a key role in the delivery of planned and unscheduled care. The Anaesthetics department is central to the hospital’s surgical and critical care services and is actively involved in service development and future planning.
We welcome applications from motivated consultants who are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and who wish to contribute to the ongoing development of anaesthetic services within Hywel Dda University Health Board.
Main duties of the job
In conjunction with consultant colleagues, the post holder will provide a comprehensive anaesthesia service for general, orthopaedic, gynaecological, obstetric and ophthalmic surgery, covering both elective and urgent activity.
Theatre sessions are available across a variety of specialties and will be agreed with the successful applicant, taking into account service requirements and individual sub-specialty interests.
The department operates a fully flexible consultant rota, including elective theatre lists, urgent surgery and trauma lists, and daytime ICU sessions. Consultants provide resident on-call cover for theatres and ICU during both day and night periods, supported by a second on-call consultant from home, seven days a week.
On-call duties attract a band 3 supplement and are provided on a rolling rota specific to Bronglais General Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.
Hywel Dda University Health Board is committed to providing healthcare services that are patient-centric, ensuring that our community receives the best possible care. We value inclusivity and foster a workplace culture that embraces diversity and supports every individual’s contribution towards a welcoming healthcare environment.
We welcome applications from all sections of society and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy:
- Hywel Dda 3 Counties - https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY
- Lifestyle in Wales - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgt03XPT6RQ
- Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s
- Virtual Tour - https://youtu.be/mVLrJAcfM_c
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 desirable
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This advert is for Consultant in Anaesthetics with Hywel Dda University Health Board in Aberystwyth, Wales. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Anaesthesia and Intensive Care role. The advertised salary is £114,099 - £166,585 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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