Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Anaesthesia

Job overview

The Directorate of Anaesthesia is a part of Clinical & Scientific Services Managed Clinical Services. The Wythenshawe site Anaesthesia department is situated in Baguley House with an additional department at Trafford General Hospital. There are work and rest facilities for both Junior and Senior Medical staff. These include a library, seminar room, rest/refreshment room, IT facilities, laboratories and a comprehensive museum unique in the region. In addition, there is access to the main hospital, and the full facilities of Manchester Medical School and the University are close at hand.

The Directorate provides Anaesthetic Services for all forms of routine elective and emergency surgery. We provide a specialist service to all surgical specialties within the WTWA site, and also support a number of specialised clinical units, Central Delivery Unit, Critical Care Units and Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit. A purpose-built Elective Treatment Centre with four theatres provides 25 short-stay beds and 15 day case beds. More recently a partnership with Trafford General Hospital has seen the opening of the Manchester Elective Orthopaedic Centre, with continuing day case surgery on the Trafford site in a full range of specialties.

Main duties of the job

Rotating between sub-specialties of general anaesthesia and obstetric anaesthesia, with potential exposure to cardiac anaesthesia & cardiac intensive care. There is the opportunity to undertake modular posting in General  Intensive  Care or  any other speciality of  personal interest (Pain  Management etc.); dependent on the availability of training slots. We have a strong track record of supporting CESR applicants for their CESR application by providing desired experience/competencies and access to a helpful network of CESR champions and successful CESR Anaesthetists.

The role will combine working alongside and supporting consultant anaesthetists within theatres (general & obstetrics) along with providing an on-call anaesthetic service on a full shift basis on an EWTD-compliant rota of an average of 48 hours/week.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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