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Department of Anaesthesia
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The Department of Anaesthesia is a very active unit, providing Anaesthetic services to one of the largest single site hospitals in NZ. |
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Our staff perform over 23,000 Anaesthetic procedures per year in all tertiary surgical specialties. All NZ Anaesthetists are medical specialists. |
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Future view
As part of the major campus redevelopment at Waikato Hospital there is a planned expansion of the operating theatres. This will result not only in an upgrade to the physical location of the Anaesthetic Department but also to growth in the functioning of the unit. Operationally the department is grooming itself towards its unashamed goal to be one of New Zealand’s premier Anaesthesia services.
The team
- 40 Specialist Anaesthetists (32.5 FTE) including a Professor of Anaesthesia
an Anaesthetic executive group (AEG)
- 25.5 FTE Registrar - Resident Medical Officers (RMO)
- 3 FTE Senior house officer - Resident Medical Officers (RMO)
- 39.5 FTE Anaesthetic technicians including service technicians and technician educator
- Pain nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist
- Unit manager
- Clerical staff
- Department research scientist
Services
- Anaesthesia for Emergency and Elective Surgery
- Obstetric Anaesthesia
- Cardiac Anaesthesia
- Paediatric Anaesthesia
- Neuroanaesthesia
- Remote location Anaesthesia (interventional radiology, cardiology, brachytherapy, ECT)
- Inpatient and Chronic Pain Service
- Pre-Anaesthetic Assessment Clinic
- Allergy Clinic
- Transoesophageal Echocardiography (intraoperative and ICU)
Continuing medical education
In addition to a monthly meeting (morbidity and mortality, education session and department business meeting), a monthly evening journal club is hosted in the home of a Consultant.The Waikato Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre provides regular anaesthesia crisis training sessions as well as NZ Resuscitation Council courses.
The organisation is committed to provision of CME leave and allowances as per by the MECA.
Media release
Contact us
Waikato Hospital
Department of Anaesthesia
Waikato Hospital
Pembroke St
Private Bag 3200
Hamilton 3240
NEW ZEALAND
Ph: (07) 839 8718
Fax: (07) 839 8761
Email: anaesthesia@waikatodhb.health.nz (directed to Anaesthetic Secretary)
Waikato Hospital Operator: (07) 839 8899
Waikato Supervisor of Training: Dr Alan Crowther
Anaesthetic Secretary: Erin Dent
Clinical Unit Leader/ Acting Clinical Director: Dr Cam Buchanan