A six-month locum consultant anaesthetist post in the anaesthesia department at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. The work covers anaesthesia for general surgery, major trauma, obstetrics and neurosurgery, including on‑call rotas and running the peri‑operative allergy clinic alone. The post carries teaching with the University of Plymouth and a job plan agreed around the successful candidate's interests, with research interest welcomed. A CCT or CESR is required.
What the job involves
- Provide anaesthesia across general surgery, major trauma, obstetrics and neurosurgery
- Deliver compassionate, person-centred anaesthesia care to the highest standard
- Run the peri‑operative allergy clinic independently
- Cover the first and second on‑call anaesthesia rota, excluding cardiac, ICU and paediatrics
- Mentor junior doctors
- Deliver lectures
- Support undergraduate and postgraduate clinical learning through the University of Plymouth partnership
- Take part in continuing medical education and quality improvement activities
- Help shape and develop services as the department expands
What’s required
Qualifications
- CCT or CESR
Experience
- Broad experience of adult anaesthesia
- Evidence of excellent patient feedback
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to run the peri‑operative allergy clinic independently
Other
- Able to be within 30 minutes of the hospital on first on‑call and within 45 minutes on second on‑call
Nice to have
- Experience or interest in peri‑operative allergy
- Experience of major general neuroanaesthesia
- Experience of regional anaesthesia
- Experience of working in a major trauma centre
- Active interest in research
- Experience of working at University Hospitals Plymouth
What’s offered
- Personalised job plan agreed with the Service Line Director before starting
- Flexible working options, with requests for less than full-time work considered
- Typically 1.5 PAs of SPA time, adjustable for education, management, research or quality improvement
- Support for continuing medical education and quality improvement
- Option to come off the on‑call rota in later career
- Vibrant social programme and dedicated anaesthetic coffee room
- Career development in a progressive working environment
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
