A multidisciplinary team may be required, which this may include plastic, vascular or neurosurgical surgeons for complex head and neck surgery. Anaesthetists may be required to attend multidisciplinary team meetings preoperatively. Attendance should be included in their job plan if it forms a regular commitment.
All members of the anaesthetic team should receive non-clinical training and education, which should be reflected in job plans and job planning. This might include a locally arranged list of topics – for example, fire safety, consent, infection control, blood product administration, mental capacity, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, communication skills. Some of this will be mandatory under the legislation...
Anaesthetists in an IPS post need to demonstrate an ongoing significant interest in pain management by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD), appraisal and job planning. The minimum training requirement for new appointments of IPS anaesthetists is stage 3 special interest area in acute inpatient pain.
