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Consultant - Paediatric Anaesthesia

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Truro, TR13LJ

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

20 September 2026

19 days left

Job description

Applications are invited for this exciting opportunity to join the anaesthetic team of 64 Consultants and 8 SAS doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital...

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of Anaesthesia.

To share with colleagues' responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Anaesthetic department.

Teaching and training of anaesthetists in training/resident doctors, and medical students where applicable.

To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).

To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.

To participate in quality improvement, data analysis and information presentation, and service development, as appropriate.

To attend care group and directorate business, operational and governance meetings as appropriate.

Fulfil duties of the weekly timetable, including any out-of-hours responsibilities.

Deliver pre-operative assessment sessions

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The Royal Cornwall Hospital is situated in the Cathedral city of Truro in the centre of the Cornish Peninsula. The surrounding countryside is renowned for its spectacular rural and coastal scenery. Cornwall is well known for its surfing beaches, coastal and inland sailing waters and numerous equestrian opportunities. The Trust (RCHT) is part of the Cornwall Healthcare Community, working in partnership with other local trusts to deliver high quality healthcare services across the county. The Trust has close links to medical specialist services in the South-West Peninsula and beyond. Serving a widespread local population, as well as thousands of visitors to Cornwall each year, poses a number of unique healthcare challenges.

The strong heritage of Cornwall has been further enhanced with the opening of the Eden Project and the National Maritime Museum. Over recent years there has been an unprecedented growth in high quality restaurants and family orientated leisure facilities.

The Trust delivers acute medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 570000 and has a higher proportion of elderly people than the national average. The population more than doubles during the busy holiday periods.

We focus upon professional satisfaction and personal well-being, and we are fortunate that our work and social environment provides the facilities to do so.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC registration
  • GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) in Anaesthetics at time of interview.
  • FRCA or equivalent
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a broad range of problems in Anaesthesia.
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
  • Paediatric Anaesthesia in accordance with Royal College expectation of Adult General Anaesthetist with Certificate of Completion of Training

Desirable

  • APLS
  • Management of Multi-Disciplinary Teams

Experience

Essential

  • Paediatric Anaesthesia at Advanced Level, e.g. a minimum of 6 months Stage 3 Special Interest Area (SIA) in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a broad range of problems in Anaesthesia
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
  • Experienced in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice.
  • Emergency CEPOD and Trauma experience
  • Ultrasound Guided Venous Access and Regional Anaesthesia

Desirable

  • Specialist expertise and experience desirable in:
  • Paediatric Transfer Medicine
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
  • Professional Management and Leadership

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

10 August 2026

Last checked

12 August 2026

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About the employer

RCH
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

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