Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Applications are invited for the position of 1 post as a Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetist.

The newly appointed consultant will join 8 Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetists to provide Anaesthetic services with sessions in Cardio-thoracic theatres, Interventional Cardiology and General Surgical Theatres.

The Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetist will also provide 1 in 9 weekly cover for Cardio-thoracic ICU. The on-call will cover Cardio-thoracic Intensive Care, Cath Lab and Cardio-thoracic theatres along with other Consultant colleagues.

We invite candidates who have a special interest in thoracic anaesthesia for a comprehensive range of procedures including robotic surgery and minimally invasive thoracic surgical procedures.

We are expanding thoracic surgical services for Major Trauma patients and the newly appointed consultant will have a role in implementing pain management and rib fixation pathways for major trauma patients.

The department of cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care provides comprehensive anaesthesia services for over 1400 procedures each year. The unit performs around 750 cardiac surgical procedures including major aortic, mitral and minimal access aortic surgery. The thoracic surgery unit is one of the largest units in the country performing major cancer, non-cancer video-assisted and robot-assisted surgical procedures and oesophageal surgery.

Main duties of the job

The department also provides anaesthesia services to the cardiology including primary PCI services, pacemakers & devices and a variety of electrophysiological procedures.

The 12 bedded Cardio-thoracic intensive care unit caters to the needs of these services and Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetists provide the cover for this unit. This unit has a range of facilities and therapies including advanced cardio-vascular support (VADS and ECMO). The unit has a 4 bedded Post-Anaesthetic Ventilatory Unit (PAVU) providing efficient and quality care. The unit is one of the large contributors to the ICU National audit (ICNARC) and a steering committee member for the national ArCTIC project. The department is one of the pioneers in promoting intra-operative and post-operative trans-oesophageal echocardiography using 3-D and 4-D echocardiography machines.

An anaesthetist-led cardio-thoracic clinic provides a pre-assessment service for cardio-thoracic and selected cardiology patients.

The department also, jointly with cardio-thoracic surgery & cardiology, organises quarterly multi-disciplinary scientific meetings, monthly educational meetings and M & M meetings.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding this job opportunity, please see the attached full job description and personal specification.

Person Specification Professional Registration

• Full Registration with the GMC
• GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)

Qualifications and Training

• Registered Practitioner who possesses FRCA (or equivalent).
• GMC specialist registration in Anaesthesia or equivalent
• Must have completed Advanced specialist training in cardio-thoracic anaesthesia and intensive care
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training e.g. PGCME

Clinical Experience

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of training and clinical experience and competence in all anaesthetic techniques.
• Demonstrate competence to provide anaesthetic support for complex cardiology procedures including (but not exclusive) TAVI, electrophysiology studies and complex pacing devices.
• Demonstrate competence and experience in Anaesthesia for a wide variety of complex Thoracic cancer and non-cancer surgery.
• Recent experience in robotic thoracic surgery, navigational bronchoscopy and thoracic regional techniques.
• Must be able to demonstrate competence and clinical experience in intensive care medicine.
• Training and experience in intra-operative echocardiography.
• Must have worked in the UK for at least 12 months as an anaesthetist.
• Certification in cardiac advanced life support course (CALS).
• Additional clinical experience or advanced training and certification in echocardiography.
• CALS course Faculty.

Management and Administration Experience

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS, and of the responsibilities of a NHS consultant.
• Fellowship or University qualification in Management.

Teaching, Audit and Research

• Experience in training and teaching postgraduate doctors and medical students in small and large groups.
• Ability to carry out medical research.
• Ability to present the findings of their research at a relevant scientific meeting.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Trained in assessment of junior doctors.
• A commitment to continuing research.
• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.

Personal Attributes

• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team flexibly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.