Support and wellbeing
Support and wellbeing
Training can be stressful and challenging and life stressors can add to pressures trainees face. Your first point of contact should be your educational supervisor, but SESSA also has a number of support and wellbeing initiatives to assist.
Wellbeing committee
There is a SESSA wellbeing committee that meets on a regular basis throughout the year to deal with welfare and wellbeing matters. They aim to improve wellbeing for all anaesthetists in SESSA and have some influence to support any local wellbeing issues you are struggling with.
The SESSA trainee's committee also has wellbeing committee members who sit on the SESSA wellbeing committee and are a good point of contact for raising issues.
Wellbeing resources
- Wellbeing & Support Available (local & national) including CRISIS resources (login)
Mentoring
Coffee and a gas
On call facilities
Each hospital should have on call facilities for you to rest during night shifts. Each hospital has different arrangements and facilities and you will be told about the specific facilities at induction but it should at lease include somewhere to sleep at night when you are not working.
The peripheral hospitals (BGH and Fife) offer accommodation that can be booked in advance where you can stay during a run of on call shifts to save you from commuting after long shifts. Each site will give you specific information on how this works.