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Applications are invited for three substantive Consultant Anaesthetist posts in Aberdeen. This is an opportunity to be part of a growing team of Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists based at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
All advertised posts are whole time equivalent posts with 8 Direct Clinical Care Programmed Activities and 2 Supporting Programmed Activities. All posts will contribute to the Paediatric Anaesthesia on-call out of hours’ rota with an on-call frequency of 1 in 8.5 with prospective cover. Posts 1 and 2 consist of Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist posts with dedicated Paediatric sessions. Post 3 consists of a Consultant Anaesthetist post with a special interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia. Post 3 offers sessions in both Adult and Paediatric practice, suitable for those wishing to maintain skills in both areas.
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital is a tertiary Paediatric centre providing high quality, acute and comprehensive care for children up to the age of 16 years from the Grampian region in the North-East of Scotland, as well as from the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Provision of Neonatal surgery supports the level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is based in the adjacent Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. This will move to a new development, the ‘Baird Family Hospital’, expected to open in April 2024. Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre and part of the North of Scotland Trauma Network. It is the regional Paediatric Oncology provider for the North of Scotland. Additional clinical networks enable children from other parts of Scotland to receive their specialist care in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen is an affluent, friendly and vibrant city, combining all the amenities of a large city with easy access to spectacular surrounding countryside. This, along with a track record of excellent secondary and further education, makes it an attractive place in which to live and an ideal base for those with families. The city offers easy travel links to other UK and European cities with daily flights to London taking just over one hour.
Aberdeen has a large and supportive Anaesthetic department which covers a comprehensive range of clinical services and caters for well-structured undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training programmes. The department is recognised for its expanding research activity and for its support for a wide range of local, regional and national professional activities.
The University of Aberdeen medical school, a state of the art clinical skills centre, and several renowned research institutes and centres are on site offering a unique opportunities for collaborative education and research developments.
Applications from candidates wishing to work on a part time basis will be considered. It will be possible to accommodate flexible working arrangements, including annualised job plans and job sharing.
Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview. Alternatively, applicants should possess a CESR / CESR (CP). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience, who are not yet listed on the GMC Register or the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post, of up to 12 months duration, if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR / CESR (CP) and entry onto the Specialist Register can be made.
Enquiries should be made to: Dr Paul Bourke, Unit Clinical Director, paul.bourke@nhs.scot
or Dr Kay Davies, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Anaesthesia, kay.davies@nhs.scot
Please visit the our dedicated Paediatric Anaesthesia webpage at the following link: https://www.aberdeenanaesthesia.org/index.php/about/specialties/128-paediatric-anaesthesia