Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist

Overview

In this role you provide anaesthetic care for cardiothoracic and cardiology procedures within a tertiary centre. You’ll join a dynamic team and contribute to 24/7 on-call coverage, including post-operative care in the CTICU. You will deliver comprehensive cardiothoracic anaesthesia, including transesophageal echocardiography, and collaborate with a wide multidisciplinary team. The position combines clinical work, teaching, audit, and service development in a leading regional centre.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cardiac and thoracic anaesthetic services with senior colleagues
• participate in out-of-hours on-call service and provide telephone advice for major incidents
• cover for colleagues during leave
• engage in medical audit and research as appropriate
• ensure clinical governance requirements are met
• ensure hospital staff can contact you for patient care
• supervise and manage junior medical staff
• contribute to teaching, examinations and accreditation duties for junior staff
• participate in divisional management and modernisation initiatives
• optimise use of departmental staffing and resources for efficiency
• follow Trust policies, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions
• ensure health and safety responsibilities and hazard reporting
• perform any other duties as deemed appropriate

Key requirements

• Advanced training or equivalent in anaesthesia for cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, catheter laboratory procedures and cardiothoracic intensive care
• Significant experience in perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography
• The ability to perform lung isolation, bronchoscopy, percutaneous tracheostomy and pulmonary artery catheterisation
• Evidence of activity in audit and quality improvement

• Teaching and supervision of junior staff
• Leadership and management experience
• Communication and teamwork
• Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia
• Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE)
• Lung isolation and bronchoscopy

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