Consultant in Anaesthetics

3 weeks ago

Paisley, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

**NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE**

**CONSULTANT ANAESTHETIST**

**Royal Alexandra Hospital**

This post is a full-time 10 PA post based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Paisley.

You will be expected to undertake sessions to support theatre activity at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Vale of Leven Hospital or Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

The on-call commitment for this post will be based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital covering theatres and the maternity hospital.

This post has arisen as a result of a Consultant Retiral and is available with immediate effect. The posts are based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Paisley, with elective sessions at the RAH and the Vale of Leven Hospital. The on call commitment is split between covering Paisley Maternity Hospital on a resident shift pattern and on call on the general consultant rota at the RAH on a non resident basis. The proportion will be determined by service demand The Anaesthetic Department based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital provide elective anaesthesia at the Vale of Leven and elective and emergency anaesthesia/intensive care at the RAH.

**THE HOSPITALS**

The RAH first opened in 1986 on the site of the existing Paisley Maternity Hospital.

The RAH is the largest district general hospital in Clyde Division of NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde serving a population of over 220,000 in and around Paisley. The extensive range of acute health services provided on the site includes:
Accident & Emergency

Medicine for the elderly

Ear, Nose and Throat

General Medicine (chest, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology)

General Surgery (breast, colorectal, upper GI)

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Ophthalmology

Urology

All surgical and gynaecological emergencies from the Vale of Leven catchment area come to the RAH. The Consultant-led Maternity Services are all on the RAH site. The Vale of Leven Hospital is a smaller district general hospital in Alexandria. It provides elective surgical care for orthopaedics, general surgery and gynaecology. There is no emergency surgical work at the Vale of Leven site.

For further information please contact Dr Fergal Burns Clinical Director for Anaesthetics on 0141 314 6609.

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