Job overview

We wish to appoint 2 new Clinical Fellow Colleagues to meet the increasing demand for anaesthetic services, in particular Obstetric services, at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).  The posts will be a combination of service, teaching and out-of-hours working, which will be flexible.

Full-time or part-time working is possible.

Posts may be 6 months or 12 months duration.

Anaesthetic clinical speciality working can be taken in the following:

•   Obstetrics

•   Ophthalmology

•   Gynaecology (including major gynaecological oncology surgery)

•   ENT/Maxillo surgery (including paediatrics and complex airways)

•   T & O (including Regional Anaesthesia)

•   General surgery - upper (including oesophagectomies) and lower GI

• Urology (major urological work including robotic prostatectomies, cystectomies, open and laparoscopic nephrectomies)

Single or multiple clinical specialities can be accommodated.

The role is an ideal opportunity for either:

1.  Applicants approaching CCT to undertake higher training in a specialty/specialties of their choice prior to applying for a substantive consultant position.

Those earlier in their career in anaesthesia who may wish to boost their CV prior to Specialist Trainee (Stage 2) interview.  GHNHSFT provides an excellent junior anaesthetic teaching program and has a strong track record in preparing juniors for a successful training rotation application.

This advert may close early if there are sufficient applications

Main duties of the job

This post does include on-call commitments on the obstetric (GRH) and/or general anaesthetic rota (GRH & CGH).  Currently 1:8 EWTD compliant.

Working for our organisation

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research.  You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.

*Figures based CCG data on the number of people registered at a GP surgery in Gloucestershire

Anaesthetic Services

Anaesthetic services are led by Specialty Director, Dr Mark Eveleigh

The Anaesthetic service comprises of:

•           2 main sites GRH and CGH

•           Peripheral sites – Tewksbury, Stroud, Cirencester, Tetbury

•           58 General Consultants

•           18 Critical Care Consultants

•           2 qualified ACCP’s and 3 ACCP trainees

•           16 Speciality Doctors

•           63 Trainees