Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anaesthetics

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital provider is seeking an experienced Clinical Fellow to join their Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Team. The role involves providing anesthetic services during complex cardiac surgeries and participating in medical education of junior staff. Candidates must be MBBS qualified and have relevant anaesthesia experience.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Access to appropriate training

Qualifications

• MBBS/PLAB or equivalent, with full GMC registration required.
• Experience at SpR (ST1-ST8) level and demonstrable experience in Anaesthesia.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervised Anesthetic services and continuity of care for patients on the Cardiac ITU.
• Assess and examine ITU admissions, attend ward rounds, and ensure discharge protocols.

Skills

Anaesthesia

Cardiac ITU care

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Education

MBBS/PLAB or equivalent

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

Job description

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Clinical Fellow to join our Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Team looking after patients requiring Level 2 and Level 3 support following Cardiothoracic Surgery or Cardiological procedures. Surgical work includes not only routine bypass grafts and valves but also complex aortic mitral and pulmonary procedures, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Training will also rotation into the ITU for specialist care

You will be required to participate in one of the department's on call rotas depending on the gap being filled and your theater days will mostly be worked in theaters supporting consultants and specialty doctors. This can be in both elective and emergency theaters and working with cardio-thoracic.

As an employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with all departments and other medical, professional and managerial colleagues to provide high quality healthcare to the trust's patients

Main duties of the job

Your role involves providing a supervised (direct and indirect) Anesthetic service, with responsibility for continuity of care for patients on the Cardiac ITU, to be guided by consultant Anesthetists in providing evidence- based standards of care for all patients and pre-assessing all patients prior to anesthesia and reviewing patients post-operative in recovery or on the wards when required.

You will assess and examine ITU admissions and attending ITU ward rounds, ensuring that patients are issued with a discharge note from the ITU, be a member of the resuscitation team and order tests and obtain results of these

Your role will be to maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work with other specialties working closely and regularly with the Anesthetics services on all sites, to support the governance process at clinical, managerial and medical levels and to take part in regional audit in support of evidence-based medicine, to give advice, support and training to all junior medical staff in medical wards and to take part in continuing medical education activities.

There will also be a commitment to post-graduation teaching of both F1's and SHO's in other departments.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you an experience Clinical fellow looking for a role in Anesthesiology, then we want to hear from you?

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS/ PLAB or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council.

Desirable criteria

• Other diplomas (e.g. D, MRCP, EDCIM)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience at SpR (ie ST1-ST8) or equivalent level
• Demonstrable experience in Anaesthesia
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ALS/ATLS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
• Experience in invasive monitoring.
• Membership of ACTA, EACTA, SCA or equivalent organisation

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+) - Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia - BA (PDF, 529.7KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
• Medical Payscales 5/2024 R (PDF, 156.0KB)