Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a Fixed term post for 52 weeks.
INTRODUCTION
The Specialist/Specialty Registrar post forms part of the West of Scotland Training Programme in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, has training approval from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and will conform to the formal training guidelines laid out in the Royal College documents. The Specialist/Specialty Registrar post will be based at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital (GJNH) Clydebank.

During training the Trainee is allocated a supervisor and there is a College tutor in the GJNH. Performance assessment is carried out on a regular basis throughout training. Summative assessment is conducted annually and is based on in-house training assessment criteria and interview by the NHS Education for Scotland – West Region Training Committee.

The training programme is supervised by the Regional Postgraduate Training Committee in Anaesthesia on which there are representatives of the Training Hospitals, University and Junior Staff. Individual trainees are required to sign a training programme agreement. Study leave conforms with terms and conditions of service for the Specialist Registrar grade.

The post of Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia provides 1 year of training in all aspects of cardiothoracic anaesthesia, successful completion of which will count towards the award of the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCT). Training will be supervised by the Sub-Committee for Postgraduate Medical Education in Anaesthesia of the NHS Education for Scotland - West Region.

Entry Requirements
The Trainee will be appointed by a Committee comprising representatives of the Postgraduate Dean, Speciality Training Committee, teaching hospitals, district hospitals, University of Glasgow and National Panel of Specialists.

Applicants must currently be in a UK based Specialty Training Programme in Anaesthesia (Type I training post), hold a National/Visiting Training Number and must be
in either ST6 or ST7 at the commencement of the post.
Candidates must also possess MBChB or recognised equivalent and FRCA or recognised equivalent. Applicants from outwith the West of Scotland should have the agreement of their Postgraduate Dean to retain their original training number and return to their original Deanery at the end of the year of training.

Informal contact:
Andrew Nath - Consultant Anaesthetist /

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:
Information for candidates
Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.

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