Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics
2 weeks ago
This is an opportunity to join a small friendly and welcoming international team of anaesthetists at Withybush Hospital in West Wales. We provide anaesthetic services for operating lists, a critical care unit, an emergency department, resuscitation, and inter-hospital transfer.Our post would suit international candidates with significant anaesthesia & critical care experience seeking a soft landing in their first post in the UK. It would also appeal to candidates already working in the UK and who are seeking to settle in a long-term non-consultant career post in a beautiful part of the world.
Our department of 11 consultants, 1 associate specialist and 15 specialty doctors provides anaesthesia in a modern suite of 5 theatres and a 9-bedded critical care unit that combines high dependency and intensive care. The surgical specialties served are general surgery, orthopaedics and trauma, and gynaecology. The hospital emergency department receives adult emergency medical & surgical admissions and has a paediatric minor injuries unit.
Main duties of the job
This post supports airway and multi-system management, and the provision of anaesthesia across the elective theatres, an emergency on-call rota for theatres and the critical care unit, and facilitates inter-hospital road and air transfers.Daytime work is supervised by resident consultants. Out-of-hours specialty doctors are part of a resident multi-disciplinary emergency team and a Consultant is available for telephone advice and will attend any complex cases and if the specialty doctor requires support. Our specialty doctors and consultants support the training of medical students from Swansea University.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further details are outlined in the attached Job Description and direct enquires from interested staff are welcomed.
Person Specification
English
Essential
Desirable
GMC acceptable post graduate qualifications Current UK Resuscitation Council certificates in BLS, ALS, ATLS, EPLS/APLS Evidence of specific transfer medicine training or certification Evidence of recent continuous professional development Experience working in the NHS More than 2 years post-graduate anaesthetic training or experience in anaesthesia, pain medicine and critical care medicine Experience working with supervision from a distant site Experience supervising junior anaesthetists and trainees
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