Sub Specialty Trainee in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

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.

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 Type I training post, hold a National/Visiting Training Number and must be in either ST6 or ST7 at the commencement of the post. Applicants from outwith the West of Scotland should have the agreement of their Postgraduate Dean to retain their original training number and to return to their original deanery at the end of the year of training.