Anaesthetist

**Job Summary**
- assess whether a patient is fit enough to undertake an operation before surgery takes place
- agree on an anaesthetic plan
- reassure patients about what will happen during and after the operation
- initiate anaesthesia, providing safe pre-operative care and pain relief to patients using anaesthetics and analgesics
- continue anaesthesia in the operating theatre
- monitor patients while they're under anaesthesia to make sure they remain in a stable condition
- reverse anaesthesia and relieve and manage post-operative pain to support patients' recovery
- work with a range of other health professionals, such as surgeons, operating department practitioners, theatre nurses, radiographers and radiologists, to ensure patient wellbeing
- perform administrative tasks in areas which relate to the care of patients, including summaries of patient treatment and the writing of discharge letters
- attend multidisciplinary team meetings both on and off-site
- participate in an agreed on-call rota and take on an equal share in providing emergency cover
- train, teach and supervise more junior staff in both critical care and anaesthesia.

Salary

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexible shift
- Morning shift
- Weekend availability