Consultant Anaesthetist with Interest in Pain - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

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Description

This is a full time 10 PA Consultant Anaesthetist post, which is based at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospitals (BNHH).

Pain and anaesthetic sessions would be anticipated to be delivered in Basingstoke. If desired, some anaesthetic sessions could be delivered cross-site but by mutual agreement and depending on service needs.

Role-specific duties:

Provide a safe, effective, responsive, and caring anaesthetic service to a level expected by a Consultant.
Support, lead and develop our pain service at BNH.
Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director in Anaesthetics and work flexibly as far as is possible to accommodate

the needs of the Department.

Participate in the anaesthetic consultant on call rota at BNH.
To ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, quality improvement

and evidence-based research.

Participate actively in clinical governance, including reporting of incidents, investigation of serious incidents and

any complaints.

Show a determination to meet or exceed the standards of the National Patients' Rights Charter.
To be familiar with the Royal College of Anaesthetists' curriculum for Junior Doctor Training and contribute to their

training requirements, including tutorials and educational supervision where required

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH)

Anaesthesia is provided for elective and emergency surgery across 7 main theatres, 4 day-case theatres, 1 ophthalmic theatre and 2 obstetric theatres.

The CEPOD and obstetric theatre are available 24 hours per day and there are also dedicated trauma lists seven days per week.

There are two critical care units (A&B) with a total of 18 beds that are used flexibly to provide intensive care and high dependency level care.

There are approximately 1050 admissions per year to Basingstoke Critical Care. Medical admissions account for 60% of the case mix, emergency surgery 15% and elective surgery 25%. Critical Care Outreach is available from both Critical Care sites.

Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH)

Anaesthesia is provided for elective and emergency surgery in the main 5 Nightingale theatres and 3 daycase theatres. Florence Portal House accommodates our obstetric centre and includes 2 elective theatres for breast and gynaecology. The CEPOD theatre operate half days in hours and at night and 24 hours at weekends. Obstetric theatres operate 24 hours per day.

The Critical Care Unit currently has a 10-bed unit caring for a mixture of HDU (level 2) and ICU (level 3) patients.

With a mixture of surgical and medical admissions, there are approximately 600 admissions per year, with approximately 40% of patients needing ICU (level 3) care.

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.