General
This post is designed for anaesthetists wishing to develop their obstetric interests for their future career, and provides opportunities to work at a senior level in a busy high-risk obstetric unit, including completion of RCoA Special Interest Area (SIA) in Obstetric Anaesthesia.
Training and teaching
There are opportunities for extensive training and learning, and for working as faculty. Experience in multi-disciplinary education is possible through St Georges GAPS simulation centre, ward-based simulation skills and drills, and involvement in our midwifery mandatory training programme.
Hospital
St George’s is a large London teaching hospital and a modern tertiary referral centre with over 5,000 deliveries/year. The Obstetric Unit comprises both low-risk midwifery and consultant led units, an Obstetric HDU and well-regarded Fetal Medicine Unit. We receive South West Thames referrals for high-risk pregnancies, including developing expertise in cardiac surgery in pregnancy. The hospital also specialises in morbidly adherent placenta management and EXIT procedures for neonatal airway difficulties.
