Locum Consultant In Anaesthesia

Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia and Obstetric AnaesthesiaUniversity Hospital WishawUniversity Hospital Wishaw (UHW) is looking to employ a Locum Consultant to join its existing team of Anaesthetists, and wider multi-disciplinary team, for a fixed term of up to 12 months, with the potential to extend beyond the first year.The Anaesthetics Department is part of the Surgical & Critical Care Directorate, which provides services within a 12 theatre main operating suite inclusive of 2 maternity theatres.
UHW also houses NHS Lanarkshire's regional maternity unit and the anaesthetic department provides 24/7 resident cover providing all aspects of obstetric anaesthesia.
Our maternity unit has approx.
5000 deliveries per year.UHW is Lanarkshire's trauma unit providing surgical and anaesthetic services for all adult and paediatric trauma patients requiring surgery within NHSL.
We also function as a trauma centre, integrated within the Scottish Trauma Network.
We have now split our rota so that CEPOD out of hours cover and Obstetric Anaesthetic cover is separate.
There would be an option for the successful candidate to choose which rota to join depending on their interests and expertise.UHW is Lanarkshire's trauma unit providing surgical and anaesthetic services for all adult and paediatric trauma patients requiring surgery within NHSL.
We also function as a trauma centre, integrated within the Scottish Trauma Network.
There is extensive opportunity for regional anaesthesia and there are regular awake upper limb lists.Situated in West Central Scotland, University Hospital Wishaw is readily accessed from a wide area.
It sits between Glasgow and Edinburgh allowing ready access and commuting from both.NHS Lanarkshire are happy to consider requests for this publication to be in another accessible format i.e.
large print, braille, etc.
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