Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Transplant Anaesthesia

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job-share and flexible working

Teaching and research opportunities

Job summary

Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join the transplant anaesthesia team. The post centers on anaesthesia for liver, multivisceral, pancreas and kidney transplants, with involvement in the 24/7 transplant on-call rota and PACU on-call duties.

There are opportunities for part-time or job-share working and involvement in normothermic perfusion research. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of a CCT date at interview; skilled

Qualifications

• CCT or expected CCT date within 6 months of interview.
• Full GMC registration and eligibility for GMC Specialist Register within 6 months of interview.
• IELTS or OET for non-UK applicants before GMC licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia for liver, multivisceral, pancreas and kidney transplants.
• Cover the dedicated 24/7 transplant on-call rota.
• Cover the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit on-call rota.
• Work sessions in other surgical subspecialties under mutually agreed job planning.
• Take part in research into organ optimisation using normothermic machine perfusion and normothermic regional perfusion.

Skills

Medical communication

English proficiency

Education

CCT or expected CCT date within 6 months

Job description

This consultant post sits in the transplant anaesthesia team at Addenbrooke's Hospital, one of 12 transplant anaesthetists covering a dedicated 24/7 transplant on-call rota. The work centres on anaesthesia for liver, multivisceral, pancreas and kidney transplants, plus the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit rota, with involvement in research into organ optimisation using normothermic perfusion. Sessions in other surgical subspecialties are agreed through job planning, and job-share or part-time working is considered. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of a CCT date at interview, and applications from those needing skilled worker sponsorship are welcome.

What the job involves

• Provide anaesthesia for liver, multivisceral, pancreas and kidney transplants
• Cover the dedicated 24/7 transplant on-call rota
• Cover the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) on-call rota
• Work sessions in other surgical subspecialties under mutually agreed job planning
• Take part in research into organ optimisation using normothermic machine perfusion and normothermic regional perfusion

Qualifications

• CCT, or expected CCT date within 6 months of interview

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• Listed on the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of expected CCT at interview

Skills & knowledge

• Demonstrable English listening, reading, writing and speaking skills for medical communication, per GMC Good Medical Practice (2013)
• IELTS or OET exam for non-UK applicants before obtaining a GMC licence

Checks & eligibility

• Criminal record certificate from each country resided in for 12+ months in the past 10 years (skilled worker entry clearance applicants)

Other

• Person specification scored on standards, professionalism, clinical and specialty skills, clinical governance, communication, personal skills, NHS understanding and professional development

What’s offered

• Job-share and flexible working considered
• Teaching and research opportunities, including the high-fidelity simulation centre