Job overview

Barts Heart Centre and St Bartholomew’s Hospital 

Locum Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

10PAs

The advertised post as for one Locum Consultant Anaesthetists with a special interest in Cardiothoracic and General Anaesthesia.

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. The aspiration is very much for it to develop into more than the sum of its parts.

Barts Heart Centre performs more heart surgery, HAC PCIs, MRI and CT scans than any other centre in the world. 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 brings together a wide range of expertise in clinical care, research and education for cardiovascular conditions.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.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be appointed on a 10 programmed activity contract comprising 9.0 DCC and 1.0 SPA. The on call frequency is 1:10 covering theatre and cath lab emergencies.

This is subject to negotiation with the successful candidate, in terms of timing and content of sessions, subject to a maximum of 10 PAs.

The list of duties will be altered to reflect changing needs of the post, subject to negotiation. It should be recognized that the job description reflects the core activity of the post at a particular time, as the department and individual develop there would inevitably be changes in the emphasis of the duties of the post. If changes to a job become significant, the lead clinician and the post-holder would review the job description formally

Working for our organisation

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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

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.