Job description

Job responsibilities

CARDIOTHORACIC DIRECTORATE

CSU Cardiothoracic anaesthesia, cardiothoracic critical care unit and theatres

There are approximately 900 cardiac surgical cases carried out at the JR with a full range of adult procedures with the exception of transplantation. Additionally there are over 500 thoracic cases with many complex and high-risk cases requiring intensive care / HDU support post-operatively.

Cardiology procedures requiring anaesthetic support include ablation, complex device insertion and extractions, TAVI and other structural inventions.

Cardiothoracic critical care unit provides both Level 2 and Level 3 care to patients after both cardiac and thoracic surgery and also following emergency and elective cardiological procedures. The unit receives over 1500 admissions per year. Most are planned admissions but the unit also receives emergency admissions including those transferred from other hospitals for emergency cardiothoracic surgery and cardiothoracic patients who become critically ill on the ward. Emergency admissions also include patients after emergency percutaneous coronary interventional and out of hospital arrest.

CTCCU patients are able to receive a full range of organ support procedures including ventricular assist devices and hemofiltration.

Clinical

This post is in cardiothoracic anaesthesia. You will provide care for adult cardiothoracic patients at the John Radcliffe. This will include cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and anaesthesia for cardiology procedures including ablation and TAVI. Suitably qualified candidates will also support the critical care of these patients. This care includes direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds, follow-up outpatient clinics and consultations on relevant critically ill inpatients.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training doctors in training and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep themselves fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. This is currently 30 days over a 3 year period.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in Anaesthesia CCT or equivalence
• Completed a recognised training programme in Anaesthesia
• Experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and transoesophageal echocardiography
• Completion of one year of training in both cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic intensive care

Desirable

• MD, PhD
• DICM, EDIC, FFICM or equivalent
• Echocardiography Accreditation

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant. An understanding of management structure and function within the NHS.
• Effective administrative and time management skills.
• Sufficient practical skills to function as a consultant in intensive care
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good written English.
• Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Experience of routine clinical audit
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

Desirable

• Clinical experience of advanced cardiac life support e.g. ECMO, VAD, impella
• Experience at consultant or similar level
• Evidence of leadership in research, professional bodies, or other spheres.
• Evidence of organisational skills in research, professional bodies, or other spheres
• Training in clinical management.
• Management qualification
• Medical sub-specialty skills relevant to general internal medicine or intensive care medicine.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spread sheet and web browser programs.
• Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spread sheet and web browser programs.
• Education qualification
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Headley Way

Oxford

OX2 9DU