Senior Clinical Fellow Cardiothoracic Anaesthetics

The post holder will be working with a team of Consultants, Specialist Trainees, Clinical Fellows, Core Trainees and Foundation Year Trainees. Each post has a generic clinical component in Acute/General Medicine and the duties will be on the ED/MAU as described in the information pack. In addition the post holder will have an agreed experience in the specialty of their choice including outpatient clinics, ward cover, specialist in-patient reviews and procedures, audit and research. The precise role within each team and the proportion of clinical time spent between the two components would depend on previous experience and qualifications of the candidate and the specialty chosen

• Peri-operative management of cardiothoracic and cardiology patients at New Cross Hospital (NXH), with immediate consultant supervision initially.
• Resident on call for the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Cardiothoracic and Cardiology emergencies.
• Provide advanced resuscitation and intra-/inter-hospital transfer skills for the Trust hospital.
• Participate in a resident overnight shift rota (1 in 8) principally covering the CICU at New Cross Hospital.
• Active participation in the Directorate’s Teaching, Audit and Governance programmes.
• Keep up to date with Trust mandatory training requirements.
• Undergo regular appraisal. There will be an assigned Educational Supervisor.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Pratap Makam Job title: Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01902 696741