East Midlands
Nottingham University Hospital
Open Competition – In-Programme only
1 year
Contact: Please contact the Anaesthetic Department Secretary at Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham for details
Details: 1 year In-Programme Regional Fellow [East Midlands School of Anaesthesia only; August, yearly] (plus option of 6 months Advanced Regional Module; East Midlands School of Anaesthesia only)
Running since 2006, the yearlong fellowship is available to post-FRCA trainees in the East Midlands School of Anaesthesia only (run as in-programme through the school)
It enables trainees do strengthen their interest in regional anaesthesia as well as giving them the valuable opportunity to undertake research, audit, teaching and service development.
- Theatre-based learning: upper limb, lower limb and trunk blocks, continuous perineural catheter techniques, US-assisted subarachnoid/extradural blocks, etc. We encourage cross-site practice to ensure a broad exposure to both planned and emergency regional anaesthesia caseload. Queens Medical Centre is a major trauma centre while City Hospital is a centre with a huge elective orthopaedic caseload. The NSEU shoulder/elbow unit is one of the largest in the country
- Teaching: Fellows get to develop teaching skills throughout the year in post. The main aim is to concentrate on clinical teaching, especially in theatre and block area. The fellow assists in the running/development of our local and national (RA-UK) courses, as well as running block clubs, anatomy and exam tutorials.
- Research: We have strong links with the Academic Anaesthesia Department (University of Nottingham). This has resulted in multiple publications for all of the fellows who have proceeded through the programme. We encourage all of our fellows to present posters/papers at the RA-UK, ESRA and AAGBI meetings.
- Management/Service Development: The fellow is viewed as an important resource in assisting with our service development programme, though audit, protocol/practice review, etc. Previous fellows have all gained valuable management experience throughout their year with us. As we view audit as an essential part of modern anaesthesia practice, the fellow leads the regular review of our regional service to patients.
An advanced regional module (6 month) is also offered to interested trainees who are unable to commit to the year long fellowship. - Program Supervisors: Dr Nigel Bedforth (Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead Clinician) & Dr James French (Consultant Anaesthetist)"