The hospital features modern facilities, including multiple theatres and a critical care unit, fostering a collaborative environment among consultants. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to engage in professional development, audit, training, and research activities while contributing to the overall mission of delivering high-quality patient care. The anticipated appointment date is December 4, 2024.
Applications are invited for a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Chronic Pain Medicine at Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust (MCHFT). This exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic team focused on providing high quality patient care for a diverse range of patients.
The Treatment Centre comprises of 4-day case theatres, 5 endoscopy rooms and a recovery area. There are 7 inpatient theatres including one 24 hour a day emergency theatre and an orthopaedic barn theatre.
The award-winning Maternity Department consists of a self-contained midwife led unit with 3 rooms with birthing pools. The delivery suite has 6 standard delivery rooms, 2 theatres and a 2 bedded recovery area.
The spacious Critical Care Unit located adjacent to the theatre suite has recently been expanded. This provides an integrated 18 bedded area with four potential isolation rooms and the ability to cohort into a four-bedded area separate from the main unit.
A Surgical Admission Lounge (SAL) next to theatre admits patients on the day for elective operations.
Proposed AAC date is 04/12/2024.
The job plan will consist of 8 PAs of Direct Clinical Care including on-call commitment and 2 PAs of Supporting Professional Activity per week (SPA for private CPD, audit, appraisal and research and a further SPA for training, educational commitments and service development, for which evidence of activity will be monitored.
The appointee will be responsible for providing comprehensive clinical management for patients requiring anaesthesia and chronic pain management.
Duties will include anaesthesia for elective and emergency cases including paediatrics, obstetrics, orthopaedics and general surgery. Paediatric sessions may be in ENT, dental, ophthalmology, urology or general surgery. The post will also include outpatient chronic pain clinics and procedure sessions, with associated time for administration. There are also opportunities to contribute to all aspects of the department's activities, and those of the wider Trust. This post includes participation on the general on-call rota and provision of weekend trauma lists.The successful candidate will join the existing team of consultants who work closely together and act as a very supportive group with a determined ethos.
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