Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
The post is most suitable for anaesthetists, or physicians wishing to gain further experience in the sub-speciality of cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care though applicants with more basic level experience in anaesthesia or intensive care medicine will be considered.
Main duties of the job
prospective cover non-resident on calls, occasional resident shifts to support the resident anaesthetic rota
Dedicated teaching time will be allocated to developing expertise in:
Echocardiography
Anaesthesia for cardiothoracic surgical procedures.
Anaesthesia for interventional cardiology procedures.
Critical Care.
The post holder may have the opportunity to supplement/replace their Cardiothoracic anaesthesia sessions with other specialities, based on their learning objectives and wishes.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful post holder will be expected to actively participate in developing research, teaching and audit programmes and taking an active part in the clinical governance requirements of the unit.
On call duties include working with the Consultant Intensivist on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care to support the resident trainee anaesthetist and cover interventional cardiology emergencies in the catheter laboratory. In addition, the post-holder will work with the on-call Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist to cover all cardiothoracic surgical emergencies.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Full Licence to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence or interest in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia or Critical Care
- Management of complex rotas
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of team leadership skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a large, multi site Teaching Hospital
- Organisational skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a large multi site Teaching Hospita.
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good spoken and written English, communication skills should be highly developed
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for its modernisation
- Flexible approach to problem solving.
- Willingness to conduct and/or supervise audit as a fellow
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Lucia Borovickova
- Job title
- Programme Co-Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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