Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia (ST6 equivalent) | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow post in Anaesthesia is available from August 2024 at theOxford University Hospitals.

The post will be based jointly with the Horton Hospital, Banbury and the Oxford hospitals.This is a great opportunity to work with a friendly, supportive group of anaesthetists, which is part of the wider Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will gain experience at a high-quality day surgery centre and have dedicated opportunities to work alongside seniors, anaesthetising patients in a variety of remote site locations, including MRI and angiography suites. You must be familiar with the demands of a large UK teaching hospital anaesthetic department.

This post is only suitable for candidates with current GMC registration and a license to practice.

The focus of this fellowship, beyond the delivery of perioperative care and participation in the resident on-call rotas, is gaining 12 months experience at the equivalent of step 3 (higher) level in various anaesthesia disciplines.
The Fellow will work with distant, local, and direct supervision, as appropriate. The post holder will work within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust group of hospitals

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. The Trust is made up of the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Women's Centre, the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Heart Centre and Eye Hospital), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. The Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia consists of over 120 Consultant Anaesthetists and 60 trainees.

Clinical

The work schedule is resident, full shift 1:10 on call rota (pro rata), at the Horton General Hospital, Banbury. This is a resident rota providing support to the trauma theatre and critical care / airway support to the rest of the hospital. A duty consultant is on site until 8pm, every day, including bank holidays and weekends. You will be the sole anaesthetist resident at night, with the consultant available from home. There is a dedicated on-call room available.

Daytime work will focus on delivering and gaining experience in high turnover day case anaesthesia while at Banbury and gaining a wide experience at the equivalent of higher training level in the various disciplines on offer at the John Radcliffe hospital. Fellows are expected to undertake some solo elective theatre lists commensurate with their level of training and experience, but always with indirect consultant supervision.

Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement, and any other clinical governance activities as required by the Trust, Health Authorities, and external accrediting bodies.

Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the Clinical Director.

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