Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Pleck, Walsall
Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Salary Not Specified
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Pleck, Walsall
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted today, 5 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: ddc048701f50451eb208e4c148ba43d5
Full Job Description
- Cover Anaesthetics and ICU as per the needs of the service.
- Cover the first oncall rota during the early part of the placement.
- Covering the elective operating theatres, ICU and emergency theatres.
- Cover the Second oncall on ITU and Maternity oncalls. General Information The Anaesthetics Department is situated in the Trusts Outpatient Department. It is conveniently located close to surgical daycase and the Family Health and Diagnostics theatre complexes. It comprises of multiple shared rooms for consultant office space and an open plan secretarial space along with an integrated kitchenet in the same footprint. It provides a pleasant working environment with easy access to the Anaesthetic secretaries. There are hot desking areas close to Theatres and the ICU with a dedicated lecture/seminar room and a kitchen. To be eligible for these posts you must be eligible to secure GMC registration with Licence to Practice, ideally have completed the Post graduate training in the country of origin at Core Training level., The Senior Clinical Fellow will work on the General Critical Care Unit for a period of six months. There may be the opportunity to extend the post at the end of the term. This will depend upon staffing vacancies and satisfactory progress by the Fellow. The post holder's role can be adapted to suit the individual interests and training needs of the candidate. This may include spending time in operating theatre keeping Anaesthetics skills up to speed. Education All clinical fellows are allocated a trained Educational Supervisor (ES) who will oversee their progress and serve as a mentor for training and other needs. We would expect the individual to meet with the ES both formally (every 3 months) to record the progress and informally as frequently as is possible. The clinical fellow will be fully supervised by consultants during the day shift. Overnight, there is supervision by a resident senior trainee /middle grade and an on call ITU consultant.
Applicants should be aware that regardless of Country of Origin, their ability to communicate in written and spoken English to the standard required to carry out the post will be assessed during the selection process.
We are looking to appoint two Senior Clinical Fellows (SCF) to the Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care. The post-holder will work in collaboration with the existing Anaesthetists to provide a high quality, progressive and professional Anaesthetic service in a broad range of surgical specialties. The successful candidate will for the initial 3 months cover the First on-call rota followed with the potential for the subsequent nine months to be spent on the registrar level rota. There will be an opportunity to progress in training by undertaking ST3 modules like Critical care and Obstetrics along with an opportunity for exposure in Colorectal, Bariatrics, Pre assessment and Chronic pain and participate in Second oncalls on Maternity and ICU over the subsequent two years. The appointee will be able to engage with quality improvement projects, Research projects, Simulation and education based on individuals' interests. This is an opportunity to join a friendly, cohesive department currently consisting of 30 Consultants, 10 Specialty doctors, 2 SpR (Higher) 9 Clinical fellows, 9 WTE CT1&2, two WTE FY1, together with Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, specialist nursing team, in Acute Pain and Perioperative Medicine.