Dr Jon Chambers

Dr Jon Chambers
Elected Council Member, Consultant representative

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), MBBS, FRCA, FCICM

Term of office as Vice President

First Term: Sep 2026 – 27  

Term of office as Trustee 

Co-terminal with Vice President role

Sep 2026 – 27 

Term of office on Council

Mar 2024 – 2030

Hospital

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset.

Biography

Dr Jon Chambers is a DGH anaesthetist who trained at University College London Medical School, qualifying in 1998. Following anaesthetic training in Cornwall, Wessex and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, he was appointed as a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care at Dorset County Hospital in 2008. His clinical interests include regional, colorectal, paediatric anaesthesia and critical care. He has recently completed a term as Clinical Director.

Since becoming a consultant, he has been focussed on supporting and developing the future anaesthetic workforce through working as College Tutor, Guardian of Safe Working and Regional Adviser in the Wessex School of Anaesthesia.

Within the RCoA he held the role of Lead Regional Adviser and was proud to have been appointed as the first RCoA Bernard Johnson Adviser for Training and now Chair of the Training Committee. In addition to his work within education and training, Jon is Chair of the Membership, Media and Development Board and has been involved in developing the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation programme as a lead reviewer and Chair of the ACSA Committee.

Using his experience and position on council, Jon will continue to work hard to provide the environment in which all anaesthetists can be supported to develop their career, whether within a formal training programme, as an SAS anaesthetist or as a consultant. He is also looking to help the College develop enhanced support and training for our clinical leaders and clinical directors to meet the challenges they face in the changing climate of the NHS. 

Outside of anaesthesia Jon enjoys golf, cricket, and music (playing the clarinet and saxophone). Jon is an avid armchair American football fan (Detroit Lions and Michigan Wolverines), a sport both of his boys now play.

Register of Interests

  • Employee of Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust