Purpose of Position
- To develop clinical proficiency in regional anaesthesia, paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia
- To provide opportunities for a senior anaesthetic trainee to the following areas:
- Simulation workshop designing and running
- Echo clinics run by anaesthetists
- Regional anaesthesia, paediatric anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthesia
- Formal Teaching for medical students, nurses and JMOs
- Quality Assurance projects – conducting audits, writing guidelines
- To develop skills in team work, leadership and problem solving in triaging emergency cases
Key Accountabilities
- Clinical Service
- To provide anaesthetic services and related patient services, including peri-operative patient care, consultations and pain management.
- To work as a Duty Anaesthetist on certain days, triaging emergency cases under the supervision of the on-call anaesthetist.
- The provisional fellow will participate in the on-call roster together with other more junior trainees
- Teaching
- To revise and participate in the formal departmental teaching program for anaesthetic trainees, as well as provide tutorials/in-service tutorials to nurses and medical students
- To participate in Simulation workshops design and running
- Research
- May be involved in patient recruitment, data collection and analysis of current studies undertaken by department
- Quality Assurance
- May be involved in conducing departmental audit, as well as writing departmental guidelines.
Transition into Independent Practice
- Supervision
- Provisional fellow will be supervised at all times both in-hours and out-of-hours by the list anaesthetist or on-call anaesthetist. The level of supervision will be customised accordingly as the development of skills, confidence and competence of the trainee progresses.
- Decision making
- The provisional fellow will be expected to analyse complex situations and formulate a best care plan. The fellow should consult with the consultant anaesthetist in-charge if there are any concerns.
- Effective Communication
- The provisional fellow will be expected to contribute and lead a multidisciplinary team in theatres.
- The provisional fellow should be able to demonstrate ability to undertake difficult conversations with patients and families.
- Challenges or Problem solving:
- The provisional fellow should be able to balance learning needs as well as provision of clinical duties in a small but busy department
- The provisional fellow will need to work collaboratively with other team members in order to provide the best care for patients in a timely manner.