Sub-specialty Trainee in Neuro Anaesthesia

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INTRODUCTION

The Specialist Registrar in Neuroanaesthesia post forms part of the West of Scotland Training Programme in 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 Registrar post will be based at the Institute for Neurological Sciences (INS) in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.

The post provides 1 year of training in all aspects of Neuro Anaesthesia and comprises one year of the 7 year training programme.

During the tenure of the post the trainees progress will be supervised by the College Tutor. Performance assessment will be carried out on a regular basis during the year.  Summative assessment will be carried out by the West of Scotland Training Committee based on in-house training assessment.

The training programme is supervised by the Sub-committee for Postgraduate Medical Education in Anaesthesia of NHS Education for Scotland West Region, on which there are representatives of the Training Hospitals, University and Junior Staff.  Study leave conforms with terms and conditions of service for the Specialist Registrar grade.

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 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.  Candidates must possess an MBChB or recognised equivalent and FRCA or recognised equivalent.

For more information, please contact: Christopher Farley, Consultant Anaesthetist, Christopher.farley2@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs. 

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