Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area: Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (1:8 non-resident on-call rota)

Job ref: 387-SPS8875-KC

Site: Bristol Heart Institute

Town: Bristol

Salary: £61,825 - £70,425 pa pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/05/:59

As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

Job Overview

We seek to appoint a senior fellow in Adult Cardiac Anaesthesia & Critical Care for a period of 12 months with a start date of November 2025 onwards. This post is suitable for stage 3 anaesthesia trainees seeking an SIA (Special Interest Area) in Cardiac Anaesthesia, as well as those keen to gain post CCT experience in cardiac anaesthesia to prepare them for a consultant post in cardiac anaesthesia and critical care.

This post is based in the Bristol Heart Institute, a large regional cardiac centre offering adult cardiac surgery, ACHD surgery, a developing major aortic service, as well as an extensive cardiac cath lab service including rapidly expanding TAVI and edge to edge valve repair programmes.

This post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and does not carry a National Training Number.

Please note that GMC registration (with a licence to practice) and right to work in the UK are essential for this role. Successful applicants will already have GMC registration.

Main Duties of the Job

The post offers wide exposure to all types of acquired adult and congenital cardiac disease with the exception of cardiac transplantation. There is close involvement with the diagnosis and surgical or other interventional management of cardiac disease. There are considerable opportunities for perioperative anaesthetic and intensive care management, including the use of perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography, pulmonary artery catheterisation, nitric oxide, aortic balloon counter pulsation, haemofiltration, and the insertion of percutaneous tracheostomies.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC registration with license to practice
• CCT in Anaesthesia and/or Intensive care or NTN in anaesthesia / ICM ready to start a Stage 3 SIA

Knowledge and Experience

• Previous experience in cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care
• Previous NHS hospital experience
• Completion of FRCA or FFICM by examination
• Other postgraduate diplomas or qualifications eg. PhD
• Previous experience of transoesophageal echocardiography
• Completion of relevant training courses, eg CALS, EACTAIC Echocardiography courses
• Previous research and audit experience

Skills and Abilities

• Technical and non-technical skills at a level equivalent to completion of the RCoA CCT in Anaesthesia programme
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Effective information technology skills
• Competence in medical statistics

Additional Aptitudes

• Respect for everyone
• Recognising success
• Working together

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.