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Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship - ST3+

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£61,825 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
02 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term)
Posted Date
27 May 2025

Job overview

Lancashire Cardiac Centre performs approximately 1200 cardiac procedures per year including standard coronary artery bypass operations and valve replacements, both on and off pump, but also offers UK-leading advanced minimal access surgical techniques.  There is the opportunity to gain exposure and experience in anaesthesia for minimal access surgery including Right Anterior Thoracotomy and Port Access approaches for aortic and mitral valve surgery.  We are expanding our thoracic work from 500 cases per year, including wedge resections, lobectomies, pneumonectomies by a combination of video assisted surgery and open surgery. We have an active and close relationship with the cardiology teams regularly providing anaesthetic services for electrophysiology, device insertions and removals, primary PCI and trans-catheter aortic valve replacements.

We provide transoesophageal echocardiography services for all patients requiring cardiothoracic / cardiology surgery with all consultants trained in the use of this diagnostic tool.  We currently have 12 full time Cardiothoracic Anaesthetic Consultants with a rotational pool of trainees from regional training posts at various grades rotating through the unit.

The post is full time and will be based in the Cardiac Theatres and Cardiac ITU.

Main duties of the job

  • There will be opportunity to develop the duties and responsibilities of the post to match the experience and seniority of successful candidates as well as their interests e.g. an emphasis on CITU vs theatre or more distant supervision
  • Whilst on CITU and under the supervision of the Cardiac ICU Consultant attendance at daily ward rounds which will include assessment, documentation, and implementation of management plans.
  • Co-ordinate with other members of the multidisciplinary team in the ongoing medical and surgical management of all the patients on the CITU.
  • Triage assessment and discussion with the on duty Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist Consultant of new referrals to the CITU, whilst providing immediate emergency airway assistance for the cardiac centre including catheter laboratories both during daytime hours and out of hours.
  • Participation in ongoing clinical audits and research with active involvement in appropriate data collection for external sources i.e. ICNARC
  • Participation in both informal and formal teaching and educational programmes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our 20 bedded Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and 4 bedded High Dependency Unit provides Pre- and Post-operative care for patients throughout the division with highly trained and support staff providing ample exposure to routine post cardiac surgery care, but also more advanced intensive care techniques including the management of TAVI cases, out of hospital cardiac arrest cases and aortic dissection cases

ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA EXPERIENCE

We can offer excellent training in Anaesthesia for:

  • Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (Mitral, Aortic, Tricuspid valve surgery, ASD closures and MIDCABS)
  • Elective and Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Elective and Emergency cardiac valve replacement and repair
  • Elective and Emergency Thoracic Cases including video assisted and Thoracotomy for Pneumonectomy, Lobectomy and Wedge Resection as well as Thoracic trauma.
  • Elective and Emergency Thoracic Aortic surgery
  • Elective and Emergency Cardiology Catheter Lab exposure including TAVI (trans arterial valve implantation) Device insertion and removal Electrophysiology (EP) Lists Cardioversions
  • TAVI (trans arterial valve implantation)
  • Device insertion and removal
  • Electrophysiology (EP) Lists
  • Cardioversions

We offer excellent training in enhanced recovery for Cardiac surgery, soon to be introduced in thoracic surgery.

We have close links with Lancaster University for those who want to pursue research.

We have a state-of-the-art simulation suite, which is used to deliver training with frequent CALS courses as well as region wide Cardiac Anaesthesia and ICU Courses being run from the centre.