Consultant - Obstetric Anaesthesia

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  The requirements of application for the post in Obstetric Anaesthesia include experience at an Advanced Obstetric level. Wider skills in audit and governance, and management and leadership would be particularly desirable., GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• FRCA or equivalent
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of interview date, Experience in Anaesthesia Antenatal Assessment and Maternity High Risk MDT Planning Professional Management and Leadership
• Obstetric Anaesthesia at Advanced level, Completed Higher Training Obstetric Anaesthesia
• Experience in clinical audit and governance
• Emergency CEPOD and trauma experience
• Paediatric Anaesthesia in accordance with Royal College expectation of Adult General Anaesthetist with Certificate of Completion of Training
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients., Completed Advanced Training Obstetric Anaesthesia
• Completion Obstetric Fellowship
• Specialist expertise in audit and governance, leadership and management or other areas spoecific to Anaesthesia
• Experienced in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice.
• Post-Anaesthetic Level 1.5 Care experience
  Applications are invited for the post(s) of Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro.

The Royal Cornwall Hospital is situated in the City of Truro. We have a broad range of elective services, with a diverse emergency workload, and a changing demographic with an increasing obstetric population, in arguably the best place to live and practice medicine in the UK. The Hospital is a major District General Hospital; a major trauma unit, a vascular centre, with comprehensive cancer services, providing over 30000 anaesthetics per year, and over 4000 births, with over 570 beds.

We have 27 operating theatres and anaesthesia delivery areas and 18 critical care beds, and further expansion planned. We have recently opened an Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit to look after high-risk surgical cases. We operate to a budget of £470 million, with approximately 6000 staff. We are looking for Consultants in Anaesthesia with a broad range of skills to become an active member of a flexible team of 64 consultants and 8 SAS anaesthetists.

We deliver anaesthesia across 4 sites namely the Royal Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, West Cornwall Hospital and St Austell Surgical Hub. There is agreed government funding for a new Women and Children's extension to the hospital to include to obstetric theatres, 2 paediatric theatres and 2 further theatres., The Royal Cornwall Hospital is situated in the Cathedral city of Truro in the centre of the Cornish Peninsula.

The surrounding countryside is renowned for its spectacular rural and coastal scenery. Cornwall is well known for its surfing beaches, coastal and inland sailing waters and numerous equestrian opportunities. The Trust (RCHT) is part of the Cornwall Healthcare Community, working in partnership with other local trusts to deliver high quality healthcare services across the county. The Trust has close links to medical specialist services in the South-West Peninsula and beyond.

Serving a widespread local population, as well as thousands of visitors to Cornwall each year, poses a number of unique healthcare challenges. The strong heritage of Cornwall has been further enhanced with the opening of the Eden Project and the National Maritime Museum. Over recent years there has been an unprecedented growth in high quality restaurants and family orientated leisure facilities.

The Trust delivers acute medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 570000 and has a higher proportion of elderly people than the national average. The population more than doubles during the busy holiday periods. We focus upon professional satisfaction and personal well-being, and we are fortunate that our work and social environment provides the facilities to do so.