Consultant Anaesthetist | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Posting date:	05 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 Per annum
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	04 January 2026
Location:	Truro, TR13JL
Company:	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7602276/156-MS-4377

Summary

Applications are invited for this exciting opportunity to join the anaesthetic team of 64 Consultants and 8 SAS doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The department is a dynamic, forward thinking and innovative department covering a wide range of specialties. We deliver anaesthesia across 4 sites namely the Royal Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, West Cornwall Hospital and St Austell Surgical Hub.

We are looking to appoint Consultants in General anaesthesia (with an interest in POA/perioperative care).

The Hospital is a major District General Hospital; a major trauma unit, a vascular centre, with comprehensive cancer services, providing over 30,000 anaesthetics per year, and over 4000 births, with over 750 beds. We have 27 operating theatres and anaesthesia delivery areas and 18 critical care beds, and further expansion planned. There is agreed government funding for a new Women and Children’s extension to the hospital to include to obstetric theatres, 2 paediatric theatres and 2 further theatres.

The department provides care in line with the Trusts key values of Respect, Compassion Honesty and Teamwork.

Job Overview:

· General Anaesthesia (with an interest in Pre-operative assessment)

The successful applicant will take part in the general on-call rota (approx 1 in 30) and will provide long day (08.00 to 20.30) CEPOD or Trauma emergency theatre provision on approximately 10 occasions per year.

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

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

· Teaching and training of junior staff 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 weekly timetable including any out-of-hours responsibilities.

· Deliver pre-operative assessment and cardiopulmonary exercise testing sessions and contribute to development of digital perioperative medicine (POM) pathways.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It’s establishedSouth West Clinical School in Cornwallexists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website:https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

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This advert closes on Sunday 1 Feb 2026