Address
Salary 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 consultants 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.
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 1:7) and evening sessions (currently approximately 1:7) covering emergency operations until 20:00. The Department of Anaesthesia supports the pre-operative assessment service, and as such the appointee will contribute to this area.
UHBW is a teaching Trust with close links to Southmead Hospital and the University of Bristol. There is a strong tradition of teaching in the department and we support the running of Bristol Medical Simulation Centre.
The applicant must hold FRCA (UK) or equivalent and be within 6 months of their CCT date 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.
Weston-Super-Mare is situated in picturesque countryside and is easily commutable distance from Bristol. The hospital itself has many great benefits including on-site parking and five minute walk to the beach.
Interview date will be Thursday February 1st2024.
Clinical Director for General Anaesthesia: Dr Claire Dowse
AGM for Anaesthesia: Mr Lee Bradley
For a full and detailed job description, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy
