Junior Clinical FellowAnaestheticsPermanent

Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Bodelwyddan

Salary

£47,946 – £62,831

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

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About the role

Our department is friendly, open, active and progressive. We have over 40 permanent Medical Staff at Consultant, Specialist and Speciality Grades. In ITU our Consultant Body comes from Anaesthetic & Medical backgrounds with dual and single CCTs. We have Resident Doctors on training and fixed term posts from foundation year to senior registrar.

The Anaesthetic and Intenisve Care Teams provide for patients across all areas of the hospital and community. We support the Emergency Department receiving and the acute site with active admissions across all specialities for all ages. We provide anaesthesia for a wide range of specialties including Maxillofacial, ENT, Vascular, Trauma and Orthopaedics & General surgery. We have well developed Chronic and Acute Pain Teams.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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The successful candidate will undertake an initial period of directly supervised training in order to ensure readiness for the on call and out of hours work.

On-call work will then involve covering one of the four resident on-call bleeps providing 24/7 cover. There is readily available consultant support.

The post involves working a 1 in 8 pattern of on-call:

1. Long days (including 1 in 8 weekends) 08:00 to 20:30 in Anaesthetics & 08:30 to 21:00 in ITU

2. Nights - 20:00-08:30 (including 1 in 8 weekends) in Anaesthetic & 20:30 – 09:00 in ITU

3. The above is in addition to standard days 0800 to 1700 in operating theatres or ICU.

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For more details and full JD & PS. Can you please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specifications

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Glan Clwyd Hospital is situated adjacent to the A55 in the centre of North Wales. It is easily commutable from Cheshire and the Wirral or Bangor and Anglesey, giving a wide range of opportunities for city and rural living. There is free parking for staff on site.

The hospital is a large district general hospital with a busy Emergency Department receiving 24-hour admissions. It hosts a Primary PCI Centre, Tertiary Maxillofacial Surgery and Acute Oncology Services. It has a full Maternity & Obstetric Service, Paediatrics, a Subregional NICU as well as Acute Medical and Surgical Intakes.

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Person specification

Essential

Medical degree
Registered with the GMC
Previous clinical experience in Acute Medicine or Surgery
Logbook evidence of clinical experience to date
Evidence of an understanding of the strategic and operational issues underpinning clinical governance and their application in daily practice.
Evidence of participation in clinical governance.
Safe and effective oral communication skills.
Willingness to involve patients in their management.
Ability to handle difficult interviews with patients or relatives with tact and sensitivity.
Basic IT skills.
Evidence of understanding of NHS management practices.
A willingness to attend and actively participate in departmental meetings.
Evidence of participation and understanding.
Ability to access published evidence

Desirable

Qualifications in teaching or research
Relevant Higher Medical Qualifications – Partial or Complete
Clinical experience in Anaesthesia or Critical Care
Specialist skills or experience
NHS experience
Evidence of taking the initiative to further the clinical governance agenda.
NHS Portfolio
Evidence of completed audit projects that have changed practice.

• Critical appraisal course / skills.