The post has arisen to meet demand driven by the expansion of Theatre activity and retirements. We are looking to appoint a Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics with an interest in:
- General Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
DIMENSIONS OF JOB
10.75 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week comprising:
- 8.5 PAs dedicated to anaesthetic sessions during the week
- 0.75 PAs covering 7 Saturday trauma lists during the year and one bank holiday
- 1.5 PAs allocated to Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For full role details please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
ANAESTHESIA AT FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL
The ACSA-accredited Anaesthetic department has 56 Consultant Anaesthetists, 7 Specialty Doctors and 32 Doctors in training, providing anaesthetic duties in 18 theatres plus areas including Obstetrics, interventional Radiology, Endoscopy and Cardiac catheterisation suites.
The department also provides a cardiopulmonary exercise testing service and a high-risk pre-operative clinic.
Regional anaesthesia is actively encouraged and taught. The department is an ESRA-approved training centre with usually up to 3 regional Anaesthesia Fellows at any one time. A block room service has been developed for safe and efficient regional anaesthesia. Frimley Park is also a high-volume regional vascular centre with 19 vascular anaesthetists.
