Overview
Consultants in Anaesthesia
Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals are reconfiguring services to improve access to specialist and consultant care for emergency pathways and to support high quality, high-volume, patient-centred elective care. This is part of a wider Dorset vision to transform our hospitals, community services and primary care 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.
Role details
These posts are full-time 10PA contracts (which include 1.5 SPA, with additional SPA for defined roles, and the opportunity to take an optional additional PA) and include contribution to the out-of-hours consultant on-call rota. The post holder may have elective weekend activity in their job plan.
Site configuration and capacity development
We are developing our elective capacity at weekends. The post holder will operate within the plan where Bournemouth becomes the major emergency hospital with major surgery, critical care, obstetrics, trauma and paediatrics, and Poole remains the planned care site with high-volume elective surgery. There will be significant capital investment, including new build theatres at Poole. The Bournemouth site will have a new-build large critical care, emergency department and maternity unit.
What to read for more detail
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
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 facility 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.
Application details
This advert closes on Friday 19 Sep 2025.
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