Applications are invited for a substantive consultant position, joining the department of paediatric anaesthesia at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children provides secondary and tertiary health services for the southwest of England and south Wales regions, being the site of regional and supra-regional services in paediatric oncology, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cardiac surgery, paediatric surgery, intensive care, neurology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, respiratory medicine, nephrology, neurosurgery, plastics and burns.
The successful applicant will join a welcoming department of 26 consultant paediatric anaesthetists to provide emergency and scheduled anaesthetic care for patients having surgery for a wide range of surgical specialties. The post is a full time with direct clinical care, composed of weekday theatre sessions and a full on-call evening and weekend commitment. Consultants receive 1.5 sPA allocation for CPD purposes alongside departmental contributions. We welcome applicants with subspecialty expertise to both complement existing group activities and develop the department’s skills and profile.
Bristol Children’s Hospital is part of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest foundation trusts in the country, following a recent merger of the North Bristol & University Hospitals Bristol Trusts with strong links to the University of Bristol and University of the West of England.
Applicants are required to be on the GMC’s Specialist Register (or to achieve it within 6 months of the time of interview by CCT or CESR) and have at least 12 months suitable Paediatric anaesthesia subspecialty experience in a recognised centre in the UK or abroad.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Informal enquiries regarding this post (and to arrange visits to the department) should be addressed to the Lead Consultant: Dr Alastair Keith (
[email protected]).
