Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Integrated Care System; Oxford; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust is seeking a Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia to provide care for adult cardiothoracic patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The role involves a range of surgical procedures and the opportunity to participate in teaching and clinical governance while working within a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and echocardiography.
• Completion of training in cardiothoracic intensive care.
• Evidence of leadership in teaching and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic care for cardiac and thoracic surgeries.
• Lead and manage clinical teams.
• Participate in teaching clinical students and training doctors.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Clinical governance

Education

Full GMC Specialist Registration in Anaesthesia CCT

Completed a recognised training programme in Anaesthesia

MD, PhD

DICM, EDIC, FFICM or equivalent

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

The closing date is 16 August 2025

The postholder's duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.

These posts are in cardiothoracic anaesthesia. You will provide care for adult cardiothoracic patients at the John Radcliffe. This will include cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and anaesthesia for cardiology procedures including ablation and TAVI. Suitably qualified candidates will also support the critical care of these patients. This care includes direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds, follow-up outpatient clinics and consultations on relevant critically ill inpatients.

Main duties of the job

2 x CONSULTANT IN CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford.

The consultant post will provide clinical services to cardiothoracic patients as part of a team of consultants providing cardiac and thoracic surgery and cardiology procedures at the Trust.

About us

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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 theOUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

CARDIOTHORACIC DIRECTORATE

CSU Cardiothoracic anaesthesia, cardiothoracic critical care unit and theatres

There are approximately 900 cardiac surgical cases carried out at the JR with a full range of adult procedures with the exception of transplantation. Additionally there are over 500 thoracic cases with many complex and high-risk cases requiring intensive care / HDU support post-operatively.

Cardiology procedures requiring anaesthetic support include ablation, complex device insertion and extractions, TAVI and other structural inventions.

Cardiothoracic critical care unit provides both Level 2 and Level 3 care to patients after both cardiac and thoracic surgery and also following emergency and elective cardiological procedures. The unit receives over 1500 admissions per year. Most are planned admissions but the unit also receives emergency admissions including those transferred from other hospitals for emergency cardiothoracic surgery and cardiothoracic patients who become critically ill on the ward. Emergency admissions also include patients after emergency percutaneous coronary interventional and out of hospital arrest.

CTCCU patients are able to receive a full range of organ support procedures including ventricular assist devices and hemofiltration.

Clinical

This post is in cardiothoracic anaesthesia. You will provide care for adult cardiothoracic patients at the John Radcliffe. This will include cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and anaesthesia for cardiology procedures including ablation and TAVI. Suitably qualified candidates will also support the critical care of these patients. This care includes direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds, follow-up outpatient clinics and consultations on relevant critically ill inpatients.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training doctors in training and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep themselves fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. This is currently 30 days over a 3 year period.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in Anaesthesia CCT or equivalence
• Completed a recognised training programme in Anaesthesia
• Experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and transoesophageal echocardiography
• Completion of one year of training in both cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic intensive care
• MD, PhD
• DICM, EDIC, FFICM or equivalent
• Echocardiography Accreditation

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant. An understanding of management structure and function within the NHS.
• Effective administrative and time management skills.
• Sufficient practical skills to function as a consultant in intensive care
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Experience of routine clinical audit
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Clinical experience of advanced cardiac life support e.g. ECMO, VAD, impella
• Experience at consultant or similar level
• Evidence of leadership in research, professional bodies, or other spheres.
• Evidence of organisational skills in research, professional bodies, or other spheres
• Training in clinical management.
• Medical sub-specialty skills relevant to general internal medicine or intensive care medicine.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearPlus on- call 1 in 8

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

321-MS-CON-7317341-S5

Job locations

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust