Consultant Anaesthetist - Obstetrics

Job Summary

We are a large and friendly department with over 65 Consultants, 11 SASs, up to 35 Trainees and post CCT Fellows. We are a MDHU - Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit - with 4 Military Consultants and a variable number of Military trainees of various grades. The department also hosts 3.5 WTE Acute Pain Nurses, Peri-Operative team, 20 WTE Pre Operative Assessment Nurses and 4 Administrative and Clerical staff.

The department is cohesive, innovative and focused on education and support to trainees, Trust Grades and Consultants. We were among the first Departments in the UK to achieve ACSA accreditation from the RCOA and reaccredited in 2023. We have also had a successful Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) visit and were commended for our Surgery School and Surgical High Care Unit.

The Hospital has 30 Operating Theatres and 5 Remote Suites where Anaesthetic Services are delivered. The department provides anaesthetic services to all sites in the Trust and supports subspecialties including:

• Major General: Colorectal, Upper GI including Oesophagectomie), Bariatrics, Gynaecology, Urology, including robotic surgery – 4 robotic theatres
• Major Head and Neck and ENT including free flap surgery
• Orthopaedics, including a significant amount of regional anaesthesia
• Renal transplant and Renal Vascular access surgery
• Plastics
• Paediatrics
• Obstetrics
• Pain
• Non-theatre:
  Interventional Radiology, CT/MRI, Gastro/Endoscopy and Cardiology
• Perioperative Medicine:
  Anaesthetic Preassessment clinic, dedicated Bariatric/Upper GI clinic and MDT, CPET, daily Surgical High-Care Ward round and Surgery School

The department runs numerous courses and prides itself on its teaching reputation. We run a nationally-recognised difficult airway course PAWS, simulator courses, a high-fidelity Simulation Suite on site, Regional Anaesthesia courses and exam preparation courses. Our Intensive Care Unit is a separate 24-bedded department within the same Care Group and 7 of the 14 Consultant Intensivists have anaesthetic sessions.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust provides a range of acute services at Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH). QAH is a large, busy district general hospital with a major redevelopment in 2009. There are over 7,500 full-time equivalent staff, including Ministry of Defence employees. The Emergency Department treats over 180,000 patients each year; maternity services deliver around 6,500 births per year. The Trust hosts the Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit and has Cancer Beacon Status for Head and Neck Cancer Services.

Queen Alexandra Hospital has around 1,200 beds, including NICU, 30 theatres and a 24-bed ICU.

Date posted: 08 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: REF
1943F

Job locations:
Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY

The job plan for this post is for 10.25 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and typically 3 clinical days per week, plus 2 SPA and participation in the Consultant on-call rota (0.75 PA). The timetable is attached; exact sessions and working days will be reviewed and agreed with the appointee prior to commencement.

On-call:
The department operates a 2-tier Consultant-led on-call rota. This is Category A on-call with a combined frequency of 1 in 20. The second on-call consultant works in the emergency theatres during the evenings (approx. 17:30–20:30) and is on call from home thereafter. Weekends: 07:45–17:00 in emergency theatres, then on call from home. The first on-call consultant is the first point of contact from home.

Commencement of duties:
These posts are vacant and the appointee will be required to take up the post no later than six months from the offer date unless a special agreement is made. If unlikely to commence within six months, please indicate this  Panel Date:
Wednesday 11 February 2026.

• Full registration and Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council. Primary…