In each hospital providing neuroanaesthesia, a neuroanaesthetist should be appointed as the clinical lead (see glossary) to manage service delivery. Adequate time for this role should be included in the lead’s job plan.
In each hospital providing neuroanaesthesia, a neuroanaesthetist should be appointed as the clinical lead (see glossary) to manage service delivery. Adequate time for this role should be included in the lead’s job plan.
Consultant anaesthetists in cardiac and thoracic units should be responsible for the provision of service, teaching, protocol development, management, research and quality improvement. Adequate time should be allocated in job plans for these activities.
Perioperative time should be allocated for the work the anaesthetist undertakes on the day of procedure for both pre and postoperative care. The time required for pre and postoperative care will vary and should be accounted for in individual job plans.
Adequate time should be made available for IPS provision in job plans. Two clinical sessions for the lead(s) and one session for all other anaesthetists involved in the IPS is recommended per week.
Every department of anaesthesia should have a designated clinical lead (see Glossary) for anaesthesia services for trauma and a designated lead for anaesthesia services for orthopaedic surgery. This should be recognised in their job plan and they should be involved in multidisciplinary service planning and governance within the unit. They should have access to trust board through a governance...
Many ophthalmic patients have significant comorbidities that may require optimisation and coordination prior to surgery. There should be a lead anaesthetist (with an appropriate number of programmed activities in their job plan and appropriate secretarial support) for preoperative assessment, who works closely with an appropriately trained preoperative assessment team.6,7
