Job Description
Job summary
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + make a difference for every patient
Are you a skilled Consultant Anaesthetist looking for a flexible role that offers the opportunity to deliver outstanding patient care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance? We are seeking a dedicated clinician to join our multidisciplinary team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Shepton Mallet on a 22-hour per week employed contract.
Working within our modern elective surgical hospital, you'll support a range of specialties including Orthopaedics, General Surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology, delivering high-quality anaesthetic care and helping us achieve exceptional outcomes for every patient.
As our Consultant Anaesthetist, you'll provide a broad range of general and regional anaesthetic services across our elective surgical pathways. Working closely with surgeons, theatre teams and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll play a key role in ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Alongside your clinical duties, you'll contribute to governance activities, service development, education and audit programmes, helping us continuously improve the care we provide. Participation in the consultant on-call rota will also be required.
Main duties of the job
As our Consultant Anaesthetist, you will be:
- Delivering general and regional anaesthesia across elective surgical services.
- Supporting Orthopaedic, General Surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology procedures.
- Participating in pre-assessment clinics and patient optimisation.
- Taking part in the consultant on-call rota.
- Providing specialist advice and support to colleagues and Resident Medical Officers.
- Maintaining accurate and comprehensive clinical records.
- Contributing to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participating in departmental, governance and MDT meetings.
- Supporting service development and pathway enhancements.
- Teaching and mentoring junior doctors, anaesthetic practitioners and other healthcare professionals.
Job description
For more information, request a copy of the full job description from sarah.melder@practiceplusgroup.com