Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: 110,986.00 - 139,187.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM25672
Regional Provisional Fellowship in Anaesthesia
As a Regional Anaesthesia provisional fellow (PF) at Westmead Hospital you will have the opportunity to extend your clinical skills and knowledge through exposure to a large range of complex surgical procedures and patients with challenging medical conditions with the emphasis on regional anaesthesia. Westmead has a very broad mix of clinical specialties including one of the largest trauma units and busiest obstetric units in NSW. You will also be able to select an area of subspecialty interest for more detailed study and training.

• The regional PF will spend much of their time within the main perioperative complex. They will be exposed to at least two days a week (out of a four day working week) of surgical specialities where regional anaesthesia is highly sought after. These include orthopaedic, vascular, breast surgery, ophthalmology, upper GI, colorectal, thoracic and transplant lists.
• General (non-regional related) lists to maintain exposure to a wide array of surgical specialities.
• The PF will also be allocated to the Acute Pain Service (APS) team approximately once/month. They will be the most senior member of the team and have an experienced APS nurse, registrar and SRMO to assist them. They may be called by the APS team at other times to assist them with providing regional anaesthesia on the ward or emergency department if required. They will be expected to assist and perform relevant blocks (with the supervision from a regional anaesthesia trained consultants as required) such as thoracic epidurals, fascia iliaca blocks/catheters, truncal blocks/catheters and various upper limb and lower limb blocks. Of note, we cater for a large number of patients with ribs fracture in which regional analgesia often plays a critical role in reducing their morbidity and mortality.
• Supervising more junior trainees and consultants in performing regional anaesthesia (often towards the second half of the year).
• Running the regional workshop teaching sessions for the anaesthetic department approximately every two months with a regional consultant supervising. This will involve a didactic presentation follow by real time scanning on volunteers.
• Involvement in other regional anaesthesia teaching sessions as part of the Westmead Anaesthesia short and long course held once/year and the yearly ‘hands-on’ Regional scanning workshop held at the end of the year.
• Highly encouraged to participate in regional anaesthesia related QA programs, audits and other research activities.
• Maintaining a close working relationship with the regional anaesthesia consultants in the department and attendance at the regional anaesthesia journal club meetings held every two months where interesting cases are discussed and relevant recent research papers are presented in an informal setting.