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Job overview

Trauma

 To provide high quality trauma and emergency anaesthesia within a one-to-one consultant supervised environment initially, and then go on to manage cases within the major trauma centre with indirect supervision.

To gain specialist trauma anaesthetic experience within the orthopaedic trauma theatres which includes major pelvic and spinal work, cases expedited to the major trauma theatre including emergency neurosurgery cases and unstable penetrating trauma, cases that proceed to interventional radiology, as well as in the Emergency Department as a key part of the trauma team.

 To provide regional analgesia and anaesthesia for patients with injuries to different body systems, under the supervision and training of consultants within the department.

To communicate with and participate in anaesthetic services for high dependency and critical care specialities, including AICU and PICU.

Regional

Clinical experience

ICHCT is shifting focus and practice to ambulatory surgery. It is a unique setup, where surgical procedures are done on a day surgery basis. The surgical services provide comprehensive care specializing in ambulatory surgery in the areas of:

·         General surgery

·         Oncology (specialising in cancers including breast, head and neck and thyroid cancer)

·         Plastic surgery

·         Urology surgery

·         ENT surgery

·         Orthopaedic surgery

Main duties of the job

TRAUMA

 Anaesthesia services are provided in multiple locations at St Marys hospital. The primary clinical area is the 4^th floor theatre suite, where most emergency work is located. Other locations include the day surgery theatres, as well as the surgical innovation centre in the Patterson building.

In addition to this varied workload, there is a standby Code Red / Major haemorrhage trauma theatre staffed and prepared ready to go 24/7 as well as additional workload in the emergency department itself, with anaesthetists providing anaesthesia input to every trauma call, as well as to cases in Interventional radiology, and to those cases requiring regional block for acute injury, such as thoracic epidural for rib fractures.

REGIONAL;

Regional Anaesthesia services are expanding significantly to facilitate the performance of several surgeries on a day surgical basis.  It is equipped with ultrasound machines and taught by experts and fellowship trained regional anaesthetists. A variety of blocks are performed that caters to ambulatory practice.

Fellows will learn the clinical skills, principles, practices, and patient care in ambulatory & regional anaesthesia. Fellows will also be exposed to the organisational aspects of running an ambulatory and trauma service, pre-anaesthesia clinics, postoperative follow up of day surgical patients. On call commitments will be at St Mary’s in accordance with the respective placement.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.