Posting Number: | 2225799 |
Title : | Anaesthetist & Icu Doctors |
City : | Florida |
Country : | United States |
Business Sector: | Medical ( Services ) |
Job Type: | Part-Time |
Annual Salary: | $45,403.00 - $183,560.00 |
Start Date: | As soon as possible |
Number of Available Positions: | 1 |
primary requirements
- Hold a University Degree in Medicine recognised by the Medical Council and hold provisional registration as a medical practitioner.
- Should the option of taking up permanent employment be agreed then the specialist will obtain full vocational registration as a specialist anaesthetist in United States.
- Take out medical indemnity insurance in respect of alleged professional negligence or unskilled treatment of patients, in accordance with degree of responsibility involved in this appointment.
- Demonstrate maintenance of crisis management competency by completing an Emergency Management of Anaesthetic Crisis (EMAC) or equivalent at least every 3 years.
- Must have no adverse reports sufficient to raise doubts as to the suitability of the appointee.
- Able to receive provisional general registration as an anaesthetist
- Able to get a work visa.
- Able and willing to commit at least two years.
primary duties
- Direct Clinical Service Provision will normally be based on a weekly average of 7 clinical sessions nominally 4.5 hours duration Monday to Friday. The other 3 sessions are 2 administrative and 1 education session. The conditions governing Other Professional Duties Time are contained in Annex A
- Service Provision will include full participation in the after-hours rosters maintained by the Intensive Care Service at a planned frequency of not more than 1 in 5 for weeknights and weekends.
- When ‘on call’ the Specialist is available to respond and attend to patients requiring care within 20 minutes.
- The allocation of the Specialist to clinical duties will be by agreement with colleagues but with the final determination by the Clinical Leader, Intensive Care to enable the Intensive Care Service to meet its required outputs and also by the Clinical Leader for Anaesthesia to allow the Anaesthetic Service to meet its outputs.
other duties
- Preoperative – The Specialist will:
- Carry out preoperative review of patient data and assessment of patients.
- Gain informed consent for anaesthesia in accordance with the Health and Disability Commissioner’s Code of Practice and the ODHB policy.
- Maintain a high standard of professional care in accordance with the New Zealand Medical Association Code of Ethics.
- See and advise promptly on patients referred for a specialist opinion.
- Deliver care on a sessional basis as rostered using allocated time efficiently and effectively to meet service goals.
- Operative – In theatre the Specialist will:
- Complete formal patient identification procedures and consent check.
- Carry out appropriate anaesthetic procedures and provide resuscitation and general medical care throughout surgery.
- Complete required documentation related to the anaesthetic procedure.
- Post Operative – The Specialist will:
- Ensure safe recovery and liase with ward staff re ongoing analgesic and fluid regiment.
- Carry out post-operative review.
- Intensive Care (when rostered) – The Specialist will:
- Be responsible for the admission and discharge of patients to the Intensive Care Unit in accordance with ODHB policy. Intensive Care Service referral and Responsibility for care.
- Ensure patients are reviewed at least twice daily.
- Manage patents in accordance with Unit policies.
- Co-ordinate, and participate in when appropriate, the patient retrieval operations and emergency primary response.
- Participate in the specialist roster providing after hours cover for the Intensive Care Unit
- Acute Services (when rostered) – The Specialist will:
- Provide cover for in-theatre and recovery acute calls.
- Participate in the Surgical Emergency Admission Team response.
- Provide anaesthetic services to other locations – for example, x-ray, obstetrics, emergency department, and fracture clinic.
- Provide consultations as requested by other medical staff.
other notes
A consultant anaesthetist is a fully trained doctor with at least seven years of additional special training within anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine. Anaesthetists form the largest specialty group of doctors within the NHS.
As highly trained specialists their role extends beyond anaesthesia for surgery to include pain management and intensive care. Their specialist training also provides them with the essential knowledge and experience to deal with many emergency situations. They are vital members of the resuscitation team.