Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia to join their expert team at Barts Heart Centre. The role involves providing anaesthesia for complex cardiac surgeries and mentoring junior staff. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience in the UK healthcare system.

Qualifications

• GMC Registration required.
• Experience of UK healthcare system.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia for complex surgeries.
• Involve in teaching junior medical staff.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

CCT in Anaesthesia

FRCA or equivalent

PhD/MD

Job description

Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Applicants are invited to apply for a Consultant post in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia. It is envisaged that he or she will join the Minimally Invasive Mitral Surgical and Education teams at Barts Heart Centre based at St Batholomew's Hospital.

In October 2014, NHS England approved the case for change for the way that specialist cardiovascular services are provided across north and east London, enabling the creation of the Barts Heart Centre. The Barts Heart Centre was created by combining the services and staff from the London Chest Hospital and UCLH's The Heart Hospital, along with those already running at St Bartholomew's.

It is the largest specialist cardiovascular centre in the country, bringing together a wide range of expertise in clinical care, research and education for cardiovascular conditions.

With state-of-the-art facilities, the Barts Heart Centre has 10 theatres, 10 catheter labs (including 2 hybrid rooms), 255 general cardiac beds and 98 higher acuity care beds including 58 Level 3 critical care beds. The centre has one of the busiest surgical programmes in Europe and performs more HAC PCIs and cardiac MRI and CT scans than any other centre in the world. Barts Heart Centre has a well-established ECLS programme for respiratory and cardiac support. It is Europe's largest specialised cardiovascular centre, covering a population of three million people across north and east London, west Essex and beyond.

Main duties of the job

The Barts Heart Centre is also, crucially, part of a wider network of cardiovascular provision delivered by Barts Health, including services at Newham, The Royal London, Whipps Cross, and University College London Hospital. The specialist Barts Heart Centre works with these and other hospitals in the area to provide a comprehensive network of care for patients, and ensure that the majority of care is provided as close to home as possible. There is a busy specialist outpatient department on the Barts site.We also provide anaesthesia to breast, oncology and gynaecological surgical patients as part of the Barts Cancer Centre.In the recent CQC inspection St Bartholomew's was rated as Good across the board with Critical Care receiving outstanding within the Well Led domains.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the existing team of 48 anaesthetists and intensivists who provide cardiothoracic and general anaesthesia and critical care. The successful applicant should be able to demonstrate wide experience with higher specialist training in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and excellent TOE skills.

Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC, hold a license to practise and be on the Specialist Register for Anaesthesia or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

Doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along the whole patient pathway;

There would be greater opportunity for career progression we could retain good staff who might otherwise leave to gain promotion;

Becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers in the world who can share their knowledge and experience;

Joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new technology, techniques and treatments

Person Specification

Qualifications/Clinical Skills

• GMC Registration
• CCT in anaesthesia or, if in training within 6 months of CCT
• FRCA or equivalent
• Experience of UK healthcare system
• ALS/CALS

Special Knowledge/Abilities and/or Experience

• Proficient in relevant procedures such as vascular access, fibreoptic bronchoscopy
• Advanced transoesophageal echocardiography skills
• Higher training in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, at least 6 months.
• Training and experience in cardiac critical care
• Experience in the perioperative care of patients including pain management
• Experience in anaesthetising patients for complex Aortovascular and Endovascular surgery
• Sound understanding of training relationships within the programme
• Ability to promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of medical education
• Experience working across boundaries (e.g. between specialties, local and national education providers, and across professional groups)
• TOE/TTE Accreditation
• Training in Acute Pain management

Teaching & Training

• Involvement in teaching junior medical staff, nurses and allied health professionals
• Evidence of training in teaching skills
• CALS, ATLS, ALS, APLS or PALS instructor status
• Certificate of education

Personal Skills/Qualities

• Ability to communicate clearly and intelligently in written and spoken English
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Ability to gain confidence and trust and ability to cope with pressure and adapt to change
• Leadership skills appropriate to leading a multidisciplinary team
• Directing and teaching medical, nursing and other professions allied to anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Research

• Actively encourages research with junior and other staff
• Published or submitted research
• PhD/MD

Other

• Commitment to continuing personal development and medical education Computer skills
• Experience in teaching and clinical audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.