Locum Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 On call supplement of 5% |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6375215/321-MRC-MS-6375215-S5 |
Summary
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at theJohn Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.
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.
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford.
This consultant post will provide clinical services to cardiothoracic patients as part of a team of consultants providing cardiac and thoracic surgery and cardiology procedures at the Trust.
This locum position is for 12 months which can be extended by mutual agreement
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 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.
CARDIOTHORACIC DIRECTORATE
CSU Cardiothoracic anaesthesia, cardiothoracic critical care unit and theatres
There are approximately 800 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-holder’s 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.
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