Locum Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Locum Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
(10 PA, 12 months)

Applicants are invited to apply for this Locum Consultant post in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia at Barts Health NHS Trust, based at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

In October 2014, NHS England approved the case for change for the way that specialist cardiovascular services are provided across north and east London, enabling the creation of the Barts Heart Centre. The Barts Heart Centre was created by combining the services and staff from the London Chest Hospital and UCLH's The Heart Hospital, along with those already running at St Bartholomew's.

It is the largest specialist cardiovascular centre in the country, bringing together a wide range of expertise in clinical care, research and education for cardiovascular conditions.

With state-of-the-art facilities, the Barts Heart Centre has 10 theatres, 10 catheter labs (including 2 hybrid rooms), 255 general cardiac beds and 98 higher acuity care beds (including 58 Level 3 critical care beds). The centre has one of the busiest surgical programmes in Europe and performs more HAC PCIs and cardiac MRI and CT scans than any other centre in the world. Barts Heart Centre has a well-established ECLS programme for respiratory and cardiac support.

Main duties of the job

It is Europe's largest specialised cardiovascular centre, covering a population of three million people across north and east London, west Essex and beyond. It also creates the world's biggest centre of excellence for adults with congenital heart disease. The Thorax Centre provides multi-disciplinary care for patients with lung disease.

The expansion of the critical care beds within Barts Heart Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital has brought to fruition the clinical case for change that was supported by the commissioners in October 2014. This has realised the strategic aims to support the cardiac network, complex intervention at Barts and enhancement of our complex aortic vascular surgical service.

The Barts Heart Centre is also, crucially, part of a wider network of cardiovascular provision delivered by Barts Health, including services at Newham, The Royal London, Whipps Cross and University College London Hospital. The specialist Barts Heart Centre works with these and other hospitals in the area to provide a comprehensive network of care for patients, and ensure that the majority of care is provided as close to home as possible. There is a busy specialist outpatient department on the Barts site.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We also provide anaesthesia to breast, oncology and gynaecological surgical patients as part of the Barts Cancer Centre.

In the most recent CQC inspection St Bartholomew's was rated as Good across the board with Critical Care receiving outstanding within the Well Led domains.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the existing team of 50 anaesthetists and intensivists who provide cardiothoracic and general anaesthesia and critical care. The successful applicant should be able to demonstrate wide experience with higher specialist training in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and excellent TOE skills.

Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC, hold a license to practise and be on the Specialist Register for Anaesthesia or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GMC Registration & licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCA or equivalent
• CCT in anaesthesia or equivalent or, if in training within 6 months of CCT

Desirable criteria

• Wide experience and knowledge of the UK healthcare system
• ALS or CALS provider status
• Clinical management training

Special Knowledge/ Abilities and/or Experience

Essential criteria

• Advanced anaesthesia training (SIA or fellowship of at least 6 months) in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiac critical care
• Experience in anaesthetising patients for cardiology procedures
• Experience with improving patient safety
• Advanced transoesophageal echocardiography skills
• Proficiency in procedures relevant to the role, including complex vascular access and fibreoptic bronchoscopy

Desirable criteria

• TOE/TTE accreditation
• Training and experience in acute pain management for surgical patients
• Extensive experience in a wide variety of anaesthesia
• Consultant or post-CCT experience in specialities relevant to the role

Personal Skills/Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate clearly and intelligently in written and spoken English
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Enthusiasm and approachability

Desirable criteria

• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Ability to cope with pressure and adapt to change
• Ability to promote equality of opportunity in medical practice and medical education

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Involvement in teaching undergraduates and junior medical staff
• Involvement in teaching nurses and other allied health professionals
• Evidence of training in teaching skills.

Desirable criteria

• CALS, ATLS, ALS, APLS or PALS instructor status.
• Certificate of education.
• Formal involvement in undergraduate education.

Research

Essential criteria

• Understands research methodology
• Actively encourages research involvement junior medical staff, nurses and AHPs
• Published or submitted research to indexed journals

Desirable criteria

• Research presentations to learned societies on topics related to anaesthesia or critical care.
• PhD or MD.

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

• Commitment to continuing personal development
• Audit experience
• Knowledge of governance processes

Desirable criteria

• Computer skills
• Record of successful service development

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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