Trust Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (ST3+)
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Main area Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Contract Fixed term: 12 months (to commence as soon as possible for 12 months) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on-call) Job ref 317-TD-26-248 Site Freeman Hospital Town Newcastle upon Tyne Salary £67,325 - £76,582 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59 Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team. We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team. This post is to commence as soon as possible for 12 months in the first instance. In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please see Job Description and Person Specification. The post is suitable for those candidates who wish to take time out of their training programme or who are already accredited and wish to further be training and gain experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care. It would suit and can be tailored to the needs of applicants from various disciplines such as Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, General anaesthesia with cardiothoracic anaesthesia exposure, and Critical Care with cardiothoracic exposure. For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:Dr Amr Hashem Mohamed on , or via email at or Dr Abraham Samuel on , or via email at Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification. Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teachingNHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. The post is based in our Cardiothoracic anaesthesia (CTA) theatres and/or Cardiac Intensive Care unit (CICU). Cardiothoracic theatres for adult cardiac & thoracic patients: § The Freeman hospital has 2 adult cardiac theatres and 2 adult thoracic theatres running on almost daily basis. However, adult congenital anaesthesia run in different theatre and is provided by a different congenital anaesthesia team but ultimately come to our adult CICU after surgery where we manage them thereafter. One of the thoracic theatres is usually for Robotic surgeries. For more details please read the attached Job Description. Intensive care for adult cardiac patients (CICU): The CICU has twenty-one level three beds (six isolation cubicles) and seven level two beds in an adjoining area. CICU duties are based in these areas but extend to support deteriorating patients on the wards, support for cardiology emergencies and accompanying patients during transport to other centres. § We work closely with the transplant, VAD and ECMO teams, and the successful candidate will be expected to take a particular interest in the management of our complex patients requiring advanced support. There are twice daily transplant and VAD rounds with further mutual support and joint decision making as required. Freeman is unique in the UK in offering transplant services for all solid organs on one site and there are close ties with experts in other disciplines such as microbiology, radiology and haematology who frequently assist our team. For more details please read the attached Job Description. Echocardiography § The appointee will have the opportunity to acquire a working knowledge of the fundamentals of echocardiography during the tenure of the post. The cardiothoracic anaesthetic department runs a week long TOE course once a year . The appointee will be encouraged to get accredited with British Society of Echocardiography or European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging in Trans-oesophageal Echo with all possible help for theory exams and collection of cases for logbook. Post-operative analgesia techniques, with special reference to thoracic surgery § Attendance on pain ward rounds is offered. § Cardiothoracic Theatres & CICU Audit and research § The appointee will be encouraged to undertake audit and research projects during the post. Education § The appointee will be encouraged to participate in teaching for medical students, nursing staff and less experienced trainees, and to undertake the preparation of topical reviews. There are weekly departmental educational meetings which are co-ordinated by the Specialist Trainees. On-call § There is a 2-tier rotational trainee / fellow rota, with advanced critical care practitioners participating in the first tier rota. A rotating ST3+ from the Northern region or an ACCP will be on a full shift rota covering ITU mainly. The appointee will be 2 nd on-call on a full rota covering predominantly ITU, but providing support to theatres if required or appropriate, or if split rota is active which depends on the total number of fellows and trainees, in addition to ACCPs. The Trust Fellow appointed to this post will be allocated a consultant educational supervisor. The fellow will be expected to maintain a logbook of activity, to ensure that his/her training can be easily reviewed and optimised in conjunction with the educational supervisor. This logbook should be made available for external assessment if required. Flexibility: In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work. Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification. • MBBS or equivalent, • Must hold full GMC registration or be eligible to obtain full GMC registration within 3 months., • Must have or working towards FRCA, FFICM, EDAIC or similar, • -TOE/ TTE certification or working towards it., • Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and/or cardiac ICU exposure/experience, • Good history and examination skills, • Experience in US guided lines insertion, • Ability to formulate a differential diagnosis, • Able to order appropriate investigations, • Able to manage common medical emergencies and ongoing management in critical care, • Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague., • Previous NHS Experience, • Experience in TOE., • Experience in TTE, • Experience in POCUS/ FoCUS or similar, • Experience in bronchoscopy, • Neat, legible writing of notes/charts., • In 4th year or equivalent of SpR training, • Evidence of smooth progression through training programmes, • Have experience in teaching undergraduate medical students, foundation year 1 doctors, nursing or allied health professional staff, • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning, • Postgraduate diploma/ certificates in medical education, • Experience of Audit/ QI projects., • Understanding of research principles, • Current Good Clinical Practice certification, • Active in research, • To be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English, • Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams., • Able to prioritise work appropriately, • Able to take a clinical leadership role where an acute situation demands, • Ability to organise, • Willingness to take part in departmental organisation, • Alignment with the Trust’s Values., • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development, • A commitment to personal / unit CPD, • Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality., • Evidence of leadership skills, • IT literate. Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr