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NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
CONSULTANT IN CRITICAL CARE & ANAESTHESIA
This post is a full-time 10 PA post based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley.
You will be expected to undertake sessions to support critical care and theatre activity at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
The on-call commitment for this post will be based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital covering critical care.
THE HOSPITAL
The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) first opened in 1986 on the site of the existing Paisley Maternity Hospital. The RAH is the largest district general hospital in Clyde Division of NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde serving a population of over 220,000 in and around Paisley.
The RAH has all major specialties on site, including General Medicine, General Surgery, Urology, Anaesthetics, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Older People and Stroke Services, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, and Orthopaedic Surgery. The Radiology Department is adjacent to the Emergency Department. There is a 24 hour laboratory on-call service for Haematology, Microbiology, Blood Transfusion, and Biochemistry. There is also a Helipad in the Hospital grounds with direct access to the main Hospital building.
In any one year the hospital treats nearly 30,000 inpatients, over 103,000 outpatients and day cases, and there are some 3,000 births in the Maternity Unit. We enjoy close links with 4 local universities and make a significant contribution to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
For further information please contact Professor Kevin Rooney, Clinical Director for Critical Care (Clyde) on 0141 314 6609.