Clinical Fellow CT3 + in Anaesthetics

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Great Western Hospital is a medium sized district general hospital, conveniently located on the edge of Swindon. Recent significant investment has allowed expansion to meet the needs of our increasing local population with a new Integrated Front Door due to open later this year. We provide anaesthesia for a range of specialities including trauma and orthopaedics, general surgery, breast surgery, ophthalmics, ENT, urology, gynaecology, obstetrics and oral surgery. There are 15 theatres in the main theatre suite with a separate theatre in the oral surgery department and two theatres in the delivery suite.

The post holder will be required to work a 1:8 on call rota, in line with anaesthetists in training. They must be able to cover emergency theatre and to have obstetric anaesthetic competencies sufficient to cover labour ward out of hours, with support from a third on call. Like all hospitals, we are seeing increasing numbers of operative deliveries, both elective and emergency.

There will be time in elective theatres with senior staff to support further training and development. We have a number of skilled regional anaesthetists and TIVA is also strongly encouraged.

We have a track record of supporting career development for SAS/LED doctors. Whilst the initial contract will be for one year, we are always looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to stay longer. We can support exam preparation and there are opportunities to get involved in research and audit within the department.

This post is suitable for appropriately experienced international doctors, as well as UK medical graduates who wish to take time out of the formal training programme, whilst still continuing to train and develop in a supportive environment.

There is a 12 bed Critical Care Unit for level 2 and 3 patients. Medical and surgical patients are admitted.

There are 36 consultants across anaesthetics and critical care, 14 SAS/LED doctors and anaesthetists in training, mainly from Bristol and some from Oxford.

There is a well equipped and comfortable room for rest and teaching, next to the department office and within the theatre complex.

We will help you achieve your goals

Equal Opportunities:

We feel the Trust is a progressive organisation, we pride ourselves on having a collective Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy that is more than just words. We use this to translate principles into real practise across the organisation, with tangible outcomes. This together with multiple groups and committees enables all voices to be heard and all groups to be represented, ultimately improving the working experience for all trust staff.

The Trusts EDI strategy can be viewed on the following link: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/2913/equality_and_diversity_strategy.pdf

Main duties of the role

Duties of post

Provision of anaesthetic service for elective and emergency surgery under appropriate supervision. To include pre-operative assessment, intra-operative care and follow up as required post-operatively.

Participation in 1:8 on call rota that is EWTD compliant.

Participation in department governance meetings, M&M review, audit and research.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• full GMC Registration
• MBBS (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

• Confident to anaesthetise emergency ASA1 and 2 patients without direct supervision
• Evidence of obstetric anaesthesia experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of speciality

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospital

Swindon

SN6 3BB

Employer's website

https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)