Support for the new appointee will primarily be from within the Department. The Trust has a supportive environment and is still small enough for personal contact with colleagues from a wide variety of disciplines. Department of Anaesthesia Intensive Care and Pain Medicine: There is a current compliment of 17 substantive and 4 locum Consultants with recent investment for further posts. The Middle grade rota, of which this post will be part of, contains Doctors provided by the West Midlands Deanery and the remaining are GEH Trust Doctors The Anaesthetic Department forms part of the Clinical Support Services directorate. The department is located on first floor of main building and provides supportive service to Orthopaedics, Trauma, Emergencies, Colorectal, General Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology and Dental surgery. The department offers acute pain service and actively uses ultrasound guided interventions and local Anaesthetic infusions through elastomeric pump to manage pain in ward. There is a chronic pain service led by two enthusiastic pain consultants. In addition to weekly four session outpatient clinic, two full day theatre list for pain procedures is offered. The department also runs a preoperative assessment clinic and a high risk maternity clinic.