13 Oct
Triple West Medical
Greater Manchester
Job description
I have been assigned by an NHS Trust in the UK to help them recruit a Consultant in Anaesthetics on either a Substantive or an NHS Fixed Term basis for 12 months.
Our client's department has a total of 18 Consultant Anaesthetists supporting the development of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Services at The Christie.
There is an active pre-operative and pre-habilitation service including in-house CPET and pulmonary function testing.In addition there are nine speciality doctors, and one ANP, covering OCCU and supporting theatre activity.
Three specialist pain nurses, as well as administrative and support staff are already in post. In order to support this development,
the Trust is steadily increasing infrastructure and staffing so as to provide comprehensive pain and symptom support for cancer patients as part of its 20 / 25 vision.
Anaesthetic care is available for a range of specialised oncological surgical procedures, often complex and requiring multidisciplinary input.
The specialties involved include GI and colo-rectal surgery, urology, gynaecology, plastic and reconstructive surgery. Anaesthetic services are also provided for radiotherapy and interventional radiology.
Acute Pain Service at the trust has long been established as a part of patient care in the trust. This service oversees approximately 300 epidurals and 300 PCAs per year offered through theatres and the OCCU, predominately for the surgical patients.
The service also provides, and has written, the epidural, acute pain and PCA guidelines and prescription charts for the trust.
It also provides the educational programme and educational materials for all grades of staff.
The trusts Directorate of Surgery is a specialist tertiary referral surgical centre that concentrates on rare cancers, complex procedures and multi-disciplinary cancer surgery and sits within the Cancer Centre Services Division of the Trust.
All of our specialities (colorectal surgery, urology, gynaecology, plastic and reconstruction) work as a single service in a network across populations ranging from 1.
5 25 million, with Senior Specialist Registrars and Clinical Fellows allocated by the Specialty Training Committees to support these area.
Additional Information
- Excellent leadership within the team
- Join a well supported team
- 10 P.A's per week
- Must have GMC Registration
- Great housing costs with a reasonable cost of living
Benefits
Excellent Remuneration packages
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