Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Job summary

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a world-renowned cardiac, thoracic and transplant hospital with an excellent track record in developing and delivering specialist services.

We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues to join our Consultant team in the provision of anaesthetic and critical care.

The hospital moved to state-of-the-art accommodation in early 2019 on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and later that year received an Outstanding rating from the CQC. We are seeking new colleagues with the clinical skills, drive and commitment to contribute to our leading-edge status.

You will possess a certificate of completion of training (CCT) or a certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or equivalent in the specialty of Anaesthesia. You will have significant experience of adult cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care, including heart and lung transplantation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Training in echocardiography is essential.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact the department secretaries on 01223 638180 / 01223 638185 (anaesthesia and intensive care).

Main duties of the job

As a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care, you will contribute to the provision of anaesthetic and critical care services at Royal Papworth Hospital. These include anaesthetic services for cardiothoracic surgery, transplant surgery, interventional cardiology, critical care and the extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) service.

You will contribute to the training of medical students, all grades of specialist trainees and other health professionals, as well as participating in clinical audit, quality improvement and academic activities.

As a member of the Consultant team, you will work alongside other team members to support early evening elective operating sessions and Saturday elective operating sessions. In addition, you will share the department's commitment to the theatre, critical care and ECMO out-of-hours cover on a rotational basis.

Successful applicants will be employed full-time at Royal Papworth Hospital.

Key tasks

*Shared responsibility with other colleagues for critical care service provision and cardiothoracic anaesthesia.

*Participation in the critical care, cardiothoracic anaesthesia and ECMO on-call duties, up to 1:6, with prospective cover.

*Teaching, training and clinical supervision of trainees and other health professionals.

*Participation in the research, audit and quality improvement activities of the hospital.

*Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients and compliance with clinical governance initiatives.

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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