Junior assistants and clinical traineeships in anesthesiology

Anesthesia

The junior assistants are assigned to a senior physician or a senior assistant as a tutor and report to an experienced member of staff who is named in the surgical program and is responsible for all work. The junior assistants actively participate in the daily work of the clinic in monthly rotations in some specialist areas of anesthesia (ENT, orthopedics, gynecology/obstetrics and emergency medicine). This includes activities in the department, the surgical wards and in the operating theater, daily participation in reports and training events.

• You will work full-time
• Pre-examine and evaluate patients and make suggestions for anesthesia management
• become familiar with anesthesia and the associated techniques and monitoring methods of various kinds.

These include:

• Independently taking the patient's medical history and performing the preliminary examination
• Correctly assessing status and local status
• Planning the clarifications
• Recognizing pre-existing risks and incorporating them into the surgical treatment plan
• Dealing with sedated and anesthetized patients
• Learning simple anesthesia techniques to maintain vital functions
• Performing simple anesthesia.

This includes

• Monitoring ECG, oxygen saturation, blood pressure
• Doses of common anesthetics
• Insertion of peripheral venous cannulas
• Mask ventilation
• Insertion of a laryngeal mask
• Endotracheal intubation
• Application of spinal anesthesia
• Reading and preparing the anesthesia protocol
• Discovering an interest in and inclination towards the specialist fields of anesthesia, emergency medicine and intensive care medicine
• Learning about postoperative acute pain therapy after simple operations

Pain medicine (acute and chronic pain)

If interested after 2 months of anesthesia, a rotation of 2-4 weeks in pain medicine is possible. For a longer rotation, an individual agreement is required.

Emergency medicine

Only after 2 months as a sub-assistant in anesthesia. If you are employed for 3 months, after two months of anesthesia in the OR, you can spend one month in emergency medicine within the Department of Anesthesiology. This includes a one-week internship at the Basel professional ambulance service, followed by accompanying the emergency physician for 2-3 days. During the remaining time, the focus is on clinical emergency medicine. Participants support the anesthesiologist on duty in the shock room, during in-hospital resuscitation, premedication, infusion placement and other emergency activities.

• There is an annual quota of vacancies.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Program duration

• Two to three months, from the first day of the first month to the last day of the last month.
• When applying, please be sure to state the program duration and discipline(s) and whether you are interested in emergency medicine or pain medicine, otherwise we cannot guarantee a placement.

The Department of Anesthesiology does not offer clinical traineeships.