Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetric Anaesthesia CW
| Posting date: | 17 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 + On calls & London Weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6402120/289-PCD-SCF-122-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
3 x Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetric Anaesthesia
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced anaesthetist who has interest and aptitude in obstetric anaesthesia. The post is suitable for an ST4+ level trainee or a candidate with equivalent anaesthesia experience and competence. Applicants must have completed Stage 1 training and the Primary FRCA examination (or equivalent overseas qualification) and must be competent in siting labour epidurals/ CSEs and in the initial assessment and stabilisation of obstetric emergencies.
This is a 6 month post initially, with a possibility to extend to 12 months. The post holder would join a busy department managing a large volume of high-risk pregnancies. There is scope for moulding the position to a degree to match the particular interests and needs of the successful applicant.
Clinical duties will be based on labour ward, and on anaesthetic lists within the hospital. There will be a 1:8 on-call commitment on the obstetric rota. Fellows will be offered dedicated time off to facilitate projects and teaching during the fellowship period. Support will be provided as required in terms of Portfolio improvement, interview preparation, and career advice/ guidance.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
• We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
• We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
• We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
• We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
• We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
• We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
The Maternity Unit caters for high- and low-risk cases and a philosophy of midwife-led care co-exists with high-risk interventional obstetrics. The delivery rate is currently > 6000 per year.
The epidural rate is ~50%. Regional anaesthesia is used in ~90% of caesarean sections. Our caesarean section rate is ~30%.
We provide a joint cardiac service working with the adult congenital heart disease team at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and Professor M Johnson and his team of maternal medicine specialists, to deliver approximately 100 women per year with complex heart disease.
We are a service provider for patients with abnormally invasive placenta and accept regional case referrals of these parturients.
The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital is the centre for in-utero transfers of neonates who require surgery within West London and we provide Level 3 neonatal care for premature and sick babies. The Trust is the lead centre for paediatric surgery in West London.
There are two dedicated obstetric theatres, and a 5-bedded nurse-led recovery and HDU area. We run elective caesarean section lists daily, alongside emergency cases. We are actively exploring a dedicated elective theatre pathway away from the main Labour Ward in line with EMBRACE recommendations.
The private maternity unit has a separate resident consultant on-call rota providing cover out of hours.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jul 2024
3 x Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetric Anaesthesia
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced anaesthetist who has interest and aptitude in obstetric anaesthesia. The post is suitable for an ST4+ level trainee or a candidate with equivalent anaesthesia experience and competence. Applicants must have completed Stage 1 training and the Primary FRCA examination (or equivalent overseas qualification) and must be competent in siting labour epidurals/ CSEs and in the initial assessment and stabilisation of obstetric emergencies.
This is a 6 month post initially, with a possibility to extend to 12 months. The post holder would join a busy department managing a large volume of high-risk pregnancies. There is scope for moulding the position to a degree to match the particular interests and needs of the successful applicant.
Clinical duties will be based on labour ward, and on anaesthetic lists within the hospital. There will be a 1:8 on-call commitment on the obstetric rota. Fellows will be offered dedicated time off to facilitate projects and teaching during the fellowship period. Support will be provided as required in terms of Portfolio improvement, interview preparation, and career advice/ guidance.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
• We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
• We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
• We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
• We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
• We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
• We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
The Maternity Unit caters for high- and low-risk cases and a philosophy of midwife-led care co-exists with high-risk interventional obstetrics. The delivery rate is currently > 6000 per year.
The epidural rate is ~50%. Regional anaesthesia is used in ~90% of caesarean sections. Our caesarean section rate is ~30%.
We provide a joint cardiac service working with the adult congenital heart disease team at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and Professor M Johnson and his team of maternal medicine specialists, to deliver approximately 100 women per year with complex heart disease.
We are a service provider for patients with abnormally invasive placenta and accept regional case referrals of these parturients.
The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital is the centre for in-utero transfers of neonates who require surgery within West London and we provide Level 3 neonatal care for premature and sick babies. The Trust is the lead centre for paediatric surgery in West London.
There are two dedicated obstetric theatres, and a 5-bedded nurse-led recovery and HDU area. We run elective caesarean section lists daily, alongside emergency cases. We are actively exploring a dedicated elective theatre pathway away from the main Labour Ward in line with EMBRACE recommendations.
The private maternity unit has a separate resident consultant on-call rota providing cover out of hours.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jul 2024