# Locum Consultant in General Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-general-anaesthesia-and-perioperative-medicine/aa519b65-0cb3-466a-917b-429bc6db6626 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-general-anaesthesia-and-perioperative-medicine/aa519b65-0cb3-466a-917b-429bc6db6626.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T13:46:12.186Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9180-5467 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/C9180-5467/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=C9180-5467 - **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in General Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, based at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. This post is available from 01 September 2026 for a period of 12 months. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will join an expanding, innovative and dynamic department of 85 Consultants, 50 Trainees/Clinical Fellows and 16 Senior Clinical Fellows, providing anaesthetic services in this thriving, modern teaching hospital. Applicants should be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT (or equivalent) in Anaesthesia or be within six months of receiving 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. ### About us The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice. Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. ### Details - Date posted: 14 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff - Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year Per annum, Pro rata - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 12 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: C9180-5467 - Job locations: Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Addenbrookes 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. The successful candidate will join a team of anaesthetists who cover a wide range of specialties within general anaesthesia. Together the group support on call cover of trauma anaesthesia and anaesthetic support of other departments in the hospital. Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post. ### 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 Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). ## Person Specification ### Shortlisting **Essential** - Questions - Standards - Professionalism - Clinical Skills - Specialty Specific Skills related to post - Commitment to Clinical Governance/Improving quality of patient care - Communication Skills - Personal Skills - Understanding of the NHS - Commitment to ongoing Professional Development ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.