Consultant Anaesthetist

Our vision is to build on developing an excellent, high-quality service, where individual team members are highly valued in the delivery of patient centred care. We are keen to achieve ACSA (Anaesthetic Clinical Service accreditation) status in the future and we are currently developing an Anaesthesia Associate programme.

We have a Consultant and Nurse-led acute pain service on both sites. The use of peripheral nerve block catheters is being developed and established as routine practice for various clinical indications.

There are approximately 2800 births per annum at Conquest hospital and 250 at Eastbourne Midwifery led unit. The Anaesthetic Department provides 24-hour cover for the Obstetric Unit at Conquest Hospital. An enhanced recovery pathway is established for elective caesarean sections, and we run an in-house PROMPT course for staff.

Critical care at ESHT is expanding its bed capacity; we have started an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner programme and have an established 24/7 critical care outreach team cross-site. We have 10 years’ experience with fully digital critical care patient records.

We are very active in teaching within the Trust, including simulation for anaesthetics and other specialties. Our departmental research portfolio has grown and developed over the last few years, and we have engaged in various national research projects.

The post-holder will participate in the multi-disciplinary team approach to care within the speciality.

The appointee will be based primarily at Conquest Hospital including on-call duties. There will be an element of cross-site work at Eastbourne DGH.

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

Providing safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

This is substantive appointment for a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.