Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Critical Care Fellow

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist for its Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit. The role involves supporting critical care teams, leading emergency procedures, and providing high-value patient care. Successful candidates will operate within a multidisciplinary setup while adhering to the values of compassionate excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care.
• Advanced certifications in related fields preferred.
• Proven ability in emergency response and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support the resident trainee anaesthetist in critical care.
• Cover interventional cardiology emergencies in the lab.
• Liaise with other consultant teams during emergencies.

Skills

Cardiac Care

Critical Care

Team Leadership

Education

Medical Degree

Fellowship in Anaesthetics

Job description

The Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit admits patients requiring Level 2 and Level 3 care following cardiothoracic surgery or cardiological procedures. The Heart Centre offers a full range of surgical and percutaneous cardiac interventions including coronary bypass grafts and valvular repair/replacement, complex aortic and pulmonary surgery and our growing minimally invasive cardiac surgical programe. The critical care unit supports extracorporeal circulation with ventricular assisted device and Impella.

On call duties include working with the Consultant Intensivist on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care to support the resident trainee anaesthetist and cover interventional cardiology emergencies in the catheter laboratory. In addition, the post-holder will work with the on-call Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist to cover all cardiothoracic surgical emergencies. There will be a requirement to liaise with consultants from other on call groups

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charles Chan Job title: Consultant Email address: [e-mail]