Regional Anaesthesia Fellow | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Teaching and education of our fellows and department are top of our priorities. The fellow will be expected to run the sonoclub (US guided regional teaching sessions). Initially this will be facilitated by consultants, until the fellow feels comfortable to deliver independently. This will be run once a month. The fellow will also be expected to support consultants in block delivery for list turnover, and registrars who are not fully independent and confident in block delivery. The US guided regional anaesthesia course takes place in July yearly and the fellow will be expected to facilitate its delivery.

Research departments at Stanmore include the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculo-Skeletal Science, the Centre for Disability Research and Innovation (CDRI), the Institute of Human Performance and the Centre for Biomedical Engineering. The fellow will be expected to support any research being carried out within the department.

RNOH Stanmore has 10 operating theatres, a 12-bedded ITU/HDU and a 4 bedded paediatric PACU. This configuration meets the needs of patients of all ages. We run an Outreach Service for the identification and management of at-risk patients within the Trust. The Fellow will be expected to support the surgical wards, the paediatric wards, outreach staff, as well as the HDU/ITU post-surgical care unit.

The Fellow will be required to upskill with regional blocks, and should therefore be willing to learn and be proactive in acquiring the exposure and skills for independent regional anaesthesia. Good team working, interpersonal skills and commitment to learning and continuing education are necessary.

Leadership and innovative skills are desirable and the fellow will be encouraged to take the lead on service improvement or educational projects. At the RNOH, there are wide opportunities for clinical research projects, audits and case report presentations pertinent to orthopaedic and regional anaesthesia. The fellow will be offered an Educational Supervisor in line with RCoA guidelines, with whom he/she will agree with individual training plan for clinical and non-clinical work. Strong organisational and communication skills are therefore required., Disability Confident
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The RNOH is a postgraduate teaching hospital located on the edge of north London. It has 220 in-patient beds on the hospital site at Stanmore. We provide a comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care. This broad range of neuro-musculoskeletal services is unique within the NHS. Our range of services includes Joint Reconstruction, Spinal Reconstructive Surgery, Bone Tumour and Soft Tissue Sarcomas (supra regional service), Peripheral Nerve Injury, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Congenital Deformity, and Complex and Revision Joint Work. There is also a dedicated Spinal Injury Service taking referrals from London and the South of England., During the course of these duties, the post holder will have access to confidential material about patients, staff and other health service business. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients or staff members be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, i.e. nurses, medical or other professional staff or as directed by an appropriate manager. Confidentiality, care for patient's privacy and a professional attitude is a prerequisite.

The annual leave is 32 working days per annum, permission for study leave must be obtained from the Clinical Lead of Anaesthetists.

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients.

RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility.