Consultant Anaesthetist | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Poole & Bournemouth, BH7 7DW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	30 Jul 2026
Closing date:	29 Aug 2026

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Summary

Consultants in Anaesthesia

Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals are reconfiguring services to improve access to specialist and consultant care for emergency pathways and ensure high quality, high volume patient-centred elective care by redeveloping these two Trusts into Major Emergency and Major Planned Care sites. This is part of a wider Dorset vision to transform our hospitals, community services and primary care to enable us to meet the needs of local people and deliver better outcomes for patients.

This is an exciting opportunity for applicants to play a key role in developing services.

These posts are the result of a demand/capacity gap analysis. The post are full-time10PA contracts (which include 1.5SPA, with additional SPA for defined roles, and the opportunity to take an optional additional PA) and includes contribution to the out of hours consultant on call rota.

We are developing our elective capacity at weekends. The post holder may have elective weekend activity in their job plan.

We are building new state of the art theatres at Poole in the near future. Bournemouth will become the major emergency hospital with major surgery, critical care, obstetrics, trauma and paediatrics and Poole the planned care site with a high volume of elective surgery. There will be significant capital investment in this project with additional new build theatres at Poole. The Bournemouth site will have a new build large critical care, emergency department and maternity unit.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

DORSET CLINICAL SERVICES REVIEW

NHS services across Dorset are undergoing reconfiguration with the development of One Acute Network. There will be significant capital investment enabling a new build critical care at Bournemouth and new theatres at Poole. Bournemouth will become the emergency hospital with Poole providing elective services following an extensive review and consultation on provision of primary and secondary care. This represents an exciting opportunity for all consultants in the Trust to be involved in shaping services for the future.

As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality care across seven days, this post may involve participation in an out-of-hours rota, including evenings, weekends, and/or bank holidays, in accordance with service needs. Any work undertaken outside standard hours/PA’s will attract remuneration in line with the respective NHS Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions of Service.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Aug 2026

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