Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Accomplishments
Professional Registrations
Career History
Continuing Professional Development - Activities
Heritage
Personal Information
Affiliations
Languages
Interests
Timeline
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Amarasinghe Sophie Jayamaha

Hospital Chermside,Australia

Summary

Senior Specialist in Anaesthesia with a special interest in perioperative optimisation and Lifestyle medicine. Possesses versatile skills in anaesthesia and chronic disease management.

Leadership skills-Project management, Problem-solving, and collaboration. Brings fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering effective solutions.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Registrar

Anaesthetics South Thames

Senior Staff Specialist

The Prince Charles Hospital
02.2009 - Current

Coach

First Aid Australia
- 08.2021
  • Of Accreditation for Mental Health, – International Federation of Coaching (ICF) approved, Feb 2022, Authentic Education, Australia
  • Peer Responder and Psychological First Aid training
  • Coaching Conversations Level 2- Metro North, RBWH 24.04.2024
  • Optimisation of perioperative health in the elderly
  • A member of Age Anaesthesia society in the UK until 2010
  • Participating in National Hip fracture audit, UK
  • State-wide Older Person’s Health Clinical Network Conference, Feb 2017
  • A member of Fractured Neck of femur education and Research group at the Prince Charles Hospital
  • Enhancing Health & Wellbeing in the community
  • Thought leader, blog writer and networking to promote healthy lifestyle for preoperative health optimization
  • Helping friends and family by Health Education and Wellness Coaching
  • Being a role model for healthy eating and maintaining a healthy level of physical activity
  • Leading a community walking group called ‘Walk With A Doc’ to promote physical activity in the local community
  • Workplace wellbeing activities:
  • Peer responder for Metro-North
  • Commenced an Appreciation and Recognition Initiative and Learning from Excellence Program to motivate and promote good practices at workplace as oppose to naming and shaming after mistakes and learning from errors
  • Created a work place interest group for promoting physical activity at work
  • Participation of Regional & National Health Improvements:
  • I was a member of consensus panel in formulating NICE guidelines for preoperative tests, which is already published
  • I was the coordinator of Brisbane Chronic Disease and Mental Health Interdisciplinary Network
  • Participation of International Health Improvements:
  • As a member of SHARE which is a charitable healthcare professionals group committed to improve health in Ethiopia, I visited Tigray Health District in Northern Ethiopia to evaluate current situation of health system and how we can help in health improvement in Tigray province and involved in workshops to train health officers in Tigray region
  • During our visit, we donated hospital beds, anaesthetic machines, vaporisers, airway management equipment to Tigray Health District.

Honorary Senior Lecturer

University of Queensland
01.2008 - 01.2009

Senior Staff Specialist Anaesthetist

Mackay Base Hospital Queensland Australia
01.2003 - 12.2007

Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
11.1999 - 12.2002

Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead consultant Critical Care

Grantham and District Hospital, Lincolnshire NHS Trust
02.1998 - 10.1999

Head of Anaesthesia and Day Surgery Unit

Newark Hospital
08.1995 - 01.1998

Senior Registrar

St. James's University Hospital, District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary
08.1994 - 07.1995

Queen Mary's Hospital, Maudsley Hospital
02.1994 - 07.1994

Registrar

Guy's Hospital
09.1991 - 02.1994
  • Training in Anaesthesia, South East Thames Rotation
  • Trained at

Tunbridge Wells and Hastings
09.1990 - 09.1991

Registrar

West Wales General Hospital
05.1990 - 08.1990

Senior House Officer

Medicine, East Glamorgan General Hospital
01.1990 - 04.1990

Registrar

East Glamorgan General Hospital
11.1989 - 12.1989
  • London to South Wales and full- time childcare

Senior House Officer

Mayday University Hospital
08.1989 - 10.1989

Senior House Officer

Mayday University Hospital
01.1988 - 07.1989

St. Thomas' Hospital
11.1986 - 12.1987
  • Immigration to UK, studying for PLAB examination and full-time childcare

Senior House Officer

Base Hospital
06.1986 - 11.1986

Unit Medical Officer

Air Force Hospital
01.1985 - 06.1986

House Officer

University Hospital
07.1984 - 01.1985

House Officer

University Hospital
01.1984 - 07.1984
  • Anaesthesia Experience
  • My training and experience in Anaesthesia includes risk assessment and optimization
  • Providing anaesthesia and postoperative pain relief for both elective and emergency surgery
  • My specialist training and experience in types of anaesthetic techniques include
  • General anaesthesia
  • Sedation for endoscopy procedures and minor surgical procedures
  • Dental Chair Anaesthesia
  • Regional Anaesthesia: spinal, epidural, combined spinal/epidural and caudal analgesia, brachial plexus blocks with different approaches, lumbar plexus block, peripheral nerve blocks in both upper and lower limbs and intravenous regional analgesia
  • I am trained to use nerve stimulator and ultrasound for plexus and peripheral nerve blocks
  • I have also performed regional anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery (sub tenon and peribulbar blocks)
  • Invasive Monitoring: Arterial lines, Central venous pressure monitoring catheters, Pulmonary Arterial Catheters when required, intracranial bolts to monitor intracranial pressure in neuro-intensive care patients, Vascaths for renal dialysis
  • Difficult airway management techniques including fibreoptic laryngoscopy and percutaneous tracheostomy
  • Chest drains insertion
  • Interosseous cannulation
  • Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy
  • Oesophageal Doppler monitoring of cardiac function
  • I have provided anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgery in following surgical specialities
  • General surgery (breast, hernia, abdominal, testicular, skin, soft tissue and muscle, endocrine including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal)
  • Colorectal surgery
  • Upper gastro-Intestinal surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy procedures
  • Orthopaedic surgery
  • Vascular surgery
  • Plastic surgery
  • Surgery for burns
  • Gynaecological surgery
  • Obstetric surgery
  • Ear- Nose- Throat (ENT) surgery
  • Ophthalmic surgery
  • Cardio thoracic surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Dental surgery including dental chair anaesthesia
  • Facio-maxillary surgery
  • Electro convulsive therapy
  • Paediatric general, orthopaedic, ENT, ophthalmic and dental surgery
  • Spinal surgery such as lumbar micro discectomy
  • Urology surgery
  • Invasive radiology
  • Transplant surgery- renal, liver and intestines

Education

MBBS - Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine

Col
01.1983

Accelerated Coaching Certification -

02.2022

FASLM - Fellowship of Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

01.2020

IBLM Certified Physician - International Board of Lifestyle Medicine

01.2019

FANZCA - Fellow of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
01.2009

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Open University, UK
01.1999

CCST - Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training

United Kingdom
01.1998

FFARCS(i) - Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
01.1992

Skills

  • Anaesthesia techniques
  • Patient assessment
  • Emergency response
  • Management of stress response
  • Clinical governance
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Leadership skills

Accomplishments

  • Specialist in Anaesthesia
  • International Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Medicine Physician
  • Teacher/Supervisor of medical students, Interns and registrars
  • Life/ Wellness Coach
  • Mindfulness Practitioner
  • Researcher
  • Advanced skills in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Professional Registrations

  • AHPRA, MED0001208159
  • GMC UK, 3635681
  • Medical Indemnity Insurer, API.18E.3987996
  • SLMC, 8221

Career History

Senior Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia, 02/2009, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, 01/2008, 01/2009, Senior Staff Specialist Anaesthetist, Wagga Wagga, NSW and Mackay Base Hospital, 01/2003, 12/2007, Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 11/1999, 12/2002, Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead Consultant Critical Care, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, UK, 02/1998, 10/1999, Consultant Anaesthetist and Head of Anaesthesia and Day Surgery Unit, Newark Hospital, Nottinghamshire, UK, 08/1995, 01/1998, Senior Registrar in Anaesthesia rotation, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, York District Hospital, York and Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK, 08/1994, 07/1995, Senior Registrar in Anaesthetics, South Thames Region, London, 02/1994, 07/1994, Registrar training in Anaesthesia, South East Thames Rotation, 09/1991, 02/1994, Senior House Officer, General Medicine (Locum), East Glamorgan General Hospital, Mid Glamorgan, UK, 01/1990, 04/1990, Registrar in Anaesthesia (Locum), East Glamorgan General Hospital, Mid Glamorgan, UK, 11/1989, 12/1989, Senior House Officer, Accident & Emergency, Mayday University Hospital, Thornton Heath, Surrey, UK, 01/1988, 07/1989, Senior House Officer in Anaesthesia, Mayday University Hospital, Thornton Heath, Surrey, UK, 11/1986, 12/1987, Unit Medical Officer, Air Force Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 07/1984, 01/1985, House Officer in General Surgery, University Hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka, 01/1984, 07/1984, House Officer in General Medicine, University Hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka, 01/1984, 07/1984

Continuing Professional Development - Activities

ANZCA Regular CPD activities, One of the Instructors for the airway workshops, 05/2024, ACRM (Anaesthesia Crisis Resource Management), 12/2023, Basic Life Support Instructor Course, 09/2023, Advanced Life Support, 03/2023, Green Anaesthesia Day 2022, 09/29/2022

Heritage

Sri Lankan

Personal Information

  • Australian
  • British

Affiliations

  • University of Queensland

Languages

Sinhalese
Full Professional

Interests

  • Mindfulness Practices
  • Enjoy participating in [activity] for overall physical and mental well-being
  • Regularly practice mindfulness and meditation for overall wellness
  • Passionate about balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness

Timeline

Senior Staff Specialist

The Prince Charles Hospital
02.2009 - Current

Honorary Senior Lecturer

University of Queensland
01.2008 - 01.2009

Senior Staff Specialist Anaesthetist

Mackay Base Hospital Queensland Australia
01.2003 - 12.2007

Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
11.1999 - 12.2002

Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead consultant Critical Care

Grantham and District Hospital, Lincolnshire NHS Trust
02.1998 - 10.1999

Head of Anaesthesia and Day Surgery Unit

Newark Hospital
08.1995 - 01.1998

Senior Registrar

St. James's University Hospital, District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary
08.1994 - 07.1995

Queen Mary's Hospital, Maudsley Hospital
02.1994 - 07.1994

Registrar

Guy's Hospital
09.1991 - 02.1994

Tunbridge Wells and Hastings
09.1990 - 09.1991

Registrar

West Wales General Hospital
05.1990 - 08.1990

Senior House Officer

Medicine, East Glamorgan General Hospital
01.1990 - 04.1990

Registrar

East Glamorgan General Hospital
11.1989 - 12.1989

Senior House Officer

Mayday University Hospital
08.1989 - 10.1989

Senior House Officer

Mayday University Hospital
01.1988 - 07.1989

St. Thomas' Hospital
11.1986 - 12.1987

Senior House Officer

Base Hospital
06.1986 - 11.1986

Unit Medical Officer

Air Force Hospital
01.1985 - 06.1986

House Officer

University Hospital
07.1984 - 01.1985

House Officer

University Hospital
01.1984 - 07.1984

Accelerated Coaching Certification -

FASLM - Fellowship of Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

IBLM Certified Physician - International Board of Lifestyle Medicine

FANZCA - Fellow of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Open University, UK

CCST - Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training

United Kingdom

FFARCS(i) - Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Senior Registrar

Anaesthetics South Thames

Coach

First Aid Australia
- 08.2021

MBBS - Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine

Col

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