Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics

Job summary

Applicants are invited to apply for this Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia based at Royal Preston Hosptial. This is a 12-month fixed term post.

You will be expected to provide pre-operative assessment, anaesthesia and follow-up. You will beoffered experiencein the range of subspecialties we cover, a regular commitment tomedical education ina variety of areas such as undergraduate medical students and simulation at Lancashire Simulation Centre and the option of a regular commitment to our state-of-the-art clinical research facility. There will be a combination of teaching lists and solo lists with appropriate supervision.

The post holder will be expected to have experience in Anaesthesia and ideally in Intensive Care Medicine and will be expected to work under distant supervision especially duringout of hour's shifts.

The Department of Anaesthesia is committed to continuing its teaching role andconsiderable importanceis attached to the support of the junior medical staff in the Department.

In addition to routine NHS teaching responsibilities, the Directorate has been funded to provide a significant contribution to the training of undergraduate medical students whose numbershave increasedup to 300.

It is essential that the applicants be committed to their own continuing medical education and professional development.

Main duties of the job

To promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care, supporting professional activities and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.

The post holder will:

• Provide an Anaesthetic service across the Trust.
• Participate in the trainee anaesthetic rota on both hospital sites with additional cover during colleagues' absence.
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure, in consultation with colleagues, that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Exercise the freedom to assist in development of specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.
• Undertake administrative duties involved with the care of his/her patients.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care of patients and the health and safety of the theatre environment.
• Maintain continuing education and professional development at least to the requirements of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

About us

Modern Education Centres are based at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites and offer excellent library and study facilities, including PC/Internet support for staff and students.

As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles.

We support the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal Colleges and are committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

We are able to offer CT3 equivalence for anaesthetists who require this. Specific modulesand requirementscan be discussed with the college tutors. We are also able to offer a regular commitment to medical education in a variety of areassuch asundergraduate medical students and simulation at Lancashire Simulation Centre.Specifics canbe discussed prior to interview by contacting the College Tutors (details below) and confirmed upon appointment.

We also have the option of a regular commitment to our state-of-the-art clinical research facility. Specifics can be discussed prior to interview by contacting the College Tutorsand confirmedupon appointment.