Locum Specialist in General Anaesthesia

Job overview

There never has been a more exciting time to join us; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and Weston Area Health Trust have joined to become one organisation. Our newly merged Trust has a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff, aiming to deliver exceptional local services for local people and specialist services across the South West. Together, we form one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.

The Department of General Anaesthesia sits within the Division of Surgery; however the wider anaesthesia service bridges four clinical divisions of UHBW: Surgery (general anaesthesia and critical care), Specialised Services (cardiac anaesthesia), Women’s and Children’s (paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia) and Weston Business Unit.

The Department of Anaesthesia is seeking a specialist in general anaesthesia to join the team based at Weston General Hospital. The post will be offered at 10 PAs. The successful applicant will join the team in supporting a busy and high quality service providing general anaesthesia in a small hospital, with the support of, and close work with, the wider department across all UHBW sites.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Weston General Hospital, and will support the provision of general anaesthesia services for a variety of specialties, including upper and lower GI surgery, trauma & orthopaedics, gynaecology and urology. There will be the opportunity to work across the UHBW sites; however applicants should expect the majority of their work to focus on Weston. In addition to daytime sessions, the successful applicant will participate in the weekend on-call rota (currently approximately 1:8) and evening sessions (currently approximately 1:8) covering emergency operations until 20:00. A non-resident on-call nights rota is a 1 in 14 frequency. The Department of Anaesthesia supports the pre-operative assessment service, and as such the appointee will contribute to this area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the role and main responsibilities, please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

The applicant must have full registration with the GMC at the time of interview. We are looking for applicants who are prepared to work flexibly to ensure smooth service delivery and there is opportunity to develop a specialist interest. More detailed person specification is available with the job description.