Consultant Anaesthetist Generalist with Peri-Op Interest

We are a large and friendly department with over 65 Consultants, 11 SASs, up to 40 Residents and post CCT Fellows. We are very proud to be a MDHU (Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit) with 4 Military Consultants and a variable number of Military trainees of various grades. We have 4 qualified AAs in a bespoke programme designed for the benefit of, and led by the department. The department also hosts 3.5 WTE Acute Pain Nurses, Peri-Operative team, 20 WTE Pre Operative Assessment Nurses and 5 Administrative and Clerical st

As a department we have a reputation for being cohesive, innovative and providing excellent education and support to our trainees, Trust Grades and Consultants. We were delighted to be one of the first Departments in the UK to achieve ACSA accreditation from the RCOA and reaccredited again in 2023. We have also had a successful Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) visit and were particularly commended for our Surgery School and our Surgical High Care Unit.

The hospital has 30 operating theatres and 5 remote suites where anaesthetic services are delivered. The department provides anaesthetic services to all sites in the Trust and supports subspecialties including: Major General: Colorectal, Upper GI (including Oesophagectomies), Bariatrics, Gynaecology, Urology. Including robotic surgery (4 robotic theatres) Major Head and Neck and ENT (including free flap surgery) Orthopaedics, including significant amount of regional anaesthesia Renal transplant and Renal Vascular access surgery Plastics Paediatrics Obstetrics Pain Non-theatre: Interventional Radiology, CT MRI, Gastro Endoscopy and Cardiology. Periop Medicine: Anaesthetic Preassessment clinic, dedicated Bariatric Upper GI clinic and MDT, CPET, daily Surgical High-Care Ward round and Surgery School (www.surgeryschool.co.uk)