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Job summary

Main area
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Grade
MN37
Contract
6 months (fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
259-MED7418213SBH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£44,170 - £67,610 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59

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Trust Doctor (ST3+) in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care

MN37

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.

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

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust
Trust Doctor (ST3+) in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care
We are recruiting Trust Doctor in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Critical Care. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the UK’s premier cardiac centre - Barts Heart Centre. The Barts Heart Centre (BHC) is a new venture formed by the merging of cardiothoracic services from the London Chest Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Heart Hospital. This has created the UK’s largest cardiothoracic centre with nearly all specialist cardiac services for North Central and North East London and beyond, as well as highly specialised national services, brought together in the newly built hospital on the St Bartholomew’s site. 
Barts Heart Centre has 10 operating theatres, 10 catheter labs and over 250 cardiac, vascular and thoracic beds, creating one of Europe’s largest Cardiothoracic Centres. The new hospital contains 58 critical care beds.  2 ICUs and 1 HDU comprising 42 beds form the surgical cardiothoracic surgical critical care unit, adjacent to theatres. A fourth ICU of 16 beds on the 6th floor provides dedicated General ICU, admitting complex cardiac patients, together with cardiology and respiratory patients in addition to patients suffering from haematological disease. Patients in critical care are cared for with all types of organ support including extracorporeal respiratory and cardiovascular support (ECMO).
 
 
 

 

Main duties of the job

There are 9 senior fellows in cardiothoracic anaesthesia mostly in their advanced training year or undertaking post-CCT fellowships; 14 rotational anaesthetic registrars, 4 clinical fellows (ST grade) and a further 9 clinical fellows or ICM trainees covering the GICU. 
There are 16 junior doctors (SHO level) across the various ICUs, half of these are rotational  internal medical trainees and half are made up by junior fellows.
We have dedicated  advanced critical care practitioners (ACCP) since the beginning of 2021 to assist with the most junior tier of trainees

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Intermediate Training Level
Following changes to the North East London School of Anaesthesia training programme, we are now able to offer a few short term fellowships in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care. 
These posts would be suitable for those individuals aiming to complete the CESR in anaes-thesia or who simply want to increase their experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia. Success-ful  candidates will be required to have undergone extensive basic training in anaesthesia (equivalent to core anaesthetic training in the UK) and ideally have some experience at spe-cialist registrar level. They would be expected to have the Primary FRCA or equivalent as a minimum, but would not be expected to have undertaken any cardiothoracic training prior to joining the department.
The workload would be split between time spent in the cardiothoracic critical care units and operating theatres and cath labs and would involve all aspects of perioperative care of the car-diothoracic surgical and cardiology patient. 
On call commitment would be as resident on one of the two CICUs working as part of a full shift, 9 person rota complaint with both EWTD and 2016 UK junior doctor contract guidelines. 
These fellows will be appointed to the anaesthetic department and will be accountable to the clinical director of the department. Clinical and educational supervisors will be allocated on commencement of the job.

Full GMC registration with a license to practice is required.

 

Person specification

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • full registration licensing with the GMC

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • FRCA or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of excellence in training (e.g. medical school projects & prizes, post-graduate qualifications)
  • FFICM or other qualification in Intensive Care Medicine

Previous experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia (minimum 3 months) and Intensive Care Medicine (minimum 6 months)
  • Ability to provide a complete employment history with no unexplained career gaps
  • Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
  • Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrable research experience
  • Demonstrable teaching experience
  • Demonstrable audit experience
  • Ability to act in supervisory role overseeing junior anaesthetic and non-anaesthetic medical stafff on ICU

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential criteria
  • Valid certification in -ALS
Desirable criteria
  • Other resus courses (ATLS,APLS etc)
  • Experience in echocardiography (transthoracic or transoesophageal)

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of written and spoken language to facilitate communication with patients, healthcare professionals and other staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Selina Ho
Job title
Consultant Anaesthetists
Email address
[email protected]
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