Consultant Anaesthetist with an Interest in General Anaesthesia

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities. For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, and predictable (0.6 PA) and unpredictable (0.65 PA) emergency work. 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. Covering CPD, teaching, research, audit, QI, leadership, simulation, guideline development, and more We actively encourage consultants to develop specialist interests, and there is genuine scope to carve out a niche whether thats obstetrics, simulation, human factors, digital innovation, education, governance, or service redesign. You will be joining a department that values initiative, supports ambition, and celebrates expertise.