Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term to cover maternity leave)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Fixed Term)
- Job ref
- 318-26-LOCCONSANA
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics
Locum Consultant
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
This is a locum position for a Consultant in Anaesthesia.
It is based around 6 anaesthetic sessions per week (3 days), with additional weekend emergency/trauma work to make a 10PA contract. Sessions will be decided upon consultation with the speciality director
Anaesthesia falls within the Surgical Division of the Trust’s management structure.
The post could be filled on a whole or part time basis. Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide:
- 6 clinical Anaesthetic sessions per week and share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to patients presenting for surgery.
- Undertake weekend emergency/trauma work to support the on call team.
- Ultimately as a trust employee elective may have to be undertaken on either or both the Gloucester or Cheltenham sites.
- Support for the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff.
Working for our organisation
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will join the existing team of 83 consultants working for the trust in the two main sites of Gloucester and Cheltenham, and peripheral community hospitals.
As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other, clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
- To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
- To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
- To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCT or CESR (or Royal College of Anaesthetists recognized) equivalent in Anaesthesia (or reasonably expect to be time of start date)
- Full GMC registration with license to practice, on specialist register (or reasonably expect to be time of start date)
- MBBS/ MBChB or equivalent
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) or equivalent
- Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)/ PALS
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)/ European Trauma Course (ETC)
- PROMPT Maternity
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- General training leading to CCT in anaesthesia or other specialty
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Anaesthetic Assessment
Motivation and Attitude
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm for the speciality general anaesthesia.
- Attitudes compatible with the aims and objectives of the existing team and the Trust.
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills, written and verbal.
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm and to work under stress; flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal.
Quality Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage risk.
- Ability to manage change.
- Ability to deal with complaints from the public.
- Experience in audit.
- Working knowledge of evidence based practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Quality Improvement projects
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to appraise research critically.
- Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects.
Desirable criteria
- Publications and presentations relevant to Anaesthetics and Intensive Care in peer reviewed journals
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexibility and willingness to share clinical responsibility for patients
- Conscientiousness to ensure careful transfer of care
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and managerial colleagues
- Able to work co-operatively as a team member
- Ability to self-motivate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to think laterally
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Eveleigh
- Job title
- Specialty Director in Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004224143
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