Senior Clinical Fellow in Bariatric & Vascular Anaesthesia

Job overview

BARIATRIC

This post will be supervised by Dr Jonathan Cousins - Consultant Anaesthetist (also Service Lead for Imperial Bariatric Centre).

This post could be considered as an OOPE or as a standalone 6- or 12-month post.  It can also be combined with Upper GI Anaesthesia. It would suit a senior trainee/ peri-CCT /post CCT grade as independent practice will an expected /planned endpoint, thus more junior grades are not eligible. The post holder will be expected to join in delivering the education of junior grade anaesthetists and medical students in this specialty area. On completion this post will leave the holder confident and experienced in all aspects of the anaesthetic and peri-operative management of the morbidly obese for both bariatric and non-bariatric surgery.

VASCULAR

The role of the clinical vascular fellow is to develop and augment vascular anaesthesia in St Mary’s Hospital, as well as contribute to the department of anaesthesia which is part of a trust that is a well-established world leader in academic and clinical research.

This post could be considered as an OOPE or as a standalone 6- or 12-month post.  It would suit a senior trainee / peri-CCT / post CCT grade - as independent practice will be an expected/planned endpoint, thus more junior grades are not eligible.

The post holder will work under the supervision of the lead for vascular anaesthetics and other clinical consultant anaesthetists within the department.

Main duties of the job

BARIATRIC

In addition to clinical opportunities:

• Attendance / Participation at the Bariatric Research meeting held every 8 weeks
• Clinical teaching and experience at Sleep clinic possible
• Learn/ deliver the skills of home-NIV device initiation/ optimisation
• Expectation to submit and present abstracts/posters to SOBA/BOMMS/IFSO as appropriate
• SOBA conference assisting is a potential CV opportunity
• Opportunity to join/ participate in QiA & formal Research projects in Anaesthesia
• Opportunity to join/ participate in Research projects in Bariatric Surgery/ Medicine
• Extensive experience of very deep Neuro-Muscular Block and other ERAS techniques
• Exclusive training in spinal anaesthesia of the morbid and ultra-obese patient group

Following require budget support:

• SOBA conference attendance
• Arrange an expert visiting program to other major UK Bariatric Centres and access to European Centres to compare external practice in this field of anaesthesia
• Visit to an Opioid Free Anaesthesia centre of excellence

VASCULAR

In addition to clinical opportunities as set out in the Job Description;

Academic output

• There is a strong departmental tradition of performing research and audit in this service and of publishing results
• Previous experience of research and completed audit will be expected

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding the post please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Kindly check the attached Job Descriptions as per the interested specialty when applying.