Fellow in Congenital Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia (ST6+)inNewcastle upon TyneinNewcastle upon TynePUBLISHED TUE 18 FEB 2025

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two posts of Fellow in Paediatric Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia (ST6+) to be based at the Freeman Hospital.

Post one is available from ASAP for 12 months

Post two is available from August 2025 for 12 months

These posts are suitable for a senior trainee (ST6/7, post CCT or equivalent) considering a career in paediatric cardiac anaesthesia.

This post will offer broad experience in all areas of paediatric and adult congenital cardiac anaesthesia, including cardiopulmonary transplantation, ECMO and mechanical circulatory support, together with paediatric thoracic anaesthesia. For the duration of the fellowship, the appointee will participate in the cardiac PICU on-call rota.

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 read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Pre-operative assessment and provision of congenital cardiac anaesthesia for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac catheterisation procedures under direct or local supervision.

The successful applicants will be required to take part in on-call for paediatric cardiothoracic intensive care. This will be as part of an approximately 8-person full shift system on which the other participants will be anaesthesia and PICU registrars or fellows.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Simon Hill via email at .

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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Training Opportunities:

Training in the management of anaesthesia for children and adults with congenital and acquired cardiac disease including cardiac transplantation and mechanical cardiac support. Experience of provision of anaesthesia in the catheter laboratory, operating theatre and the ICU under close consultant supervision. As experience is gained, the supervision will be appropriate to the individuals skills.

We anticipate that at 6 months the successful candidate will have an understanding of the clinical management and implications for anaesthesia of patients with the full spectrum of paediatric congenital and acquired heart disease. He or she would have acquired expert vascular access skills and comprehensive knowledge of ventilation and inotropic use in neonates and children.

We anticipate that at 1 year the successful candidate will be in a position to operate as a safe, independent paediatric cardiac anaesthetist in a tertiary centre. He or she will be able to provide anaesthesia for paediatric, adult congenital and neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiac catheterisation, cardiac CT, MRI and non-cardiac surgery for children with congenital and acquired cardiac disease.

Training in the peri-operative intensive care management of paediatric patients with congenital heart disease will be provided with a bias towards cardiothoracic surgery.

ECMO We expect to perform 20 cases each year. Training in assessment and techniques of extra corporeal support will be provided, alongside the other trainees on the PICU.

Longer term cardiovascular support in heart failure including ventricular assist devices and transplantation.

The appropriate use of nitric oxide after cardiac surgery.

For candidates with appropriate experience and interest: principles and practice of echocardiography, including TOE. Attendance at the Freeman Hospital echocardiography course can be arranged.

Experience in paediatric thoracic work, including bronchoscopy, decortication and lung transplantation.

Anaesthesia for CT and MR studies.

Post-operative pain relief techniques applicable to paediatric cardiothoracic surgery.

Experience and training in the provision of anaesthesia for children with congenital heart disease requiring non-cardiac surgery.

Research:

Involvement in audit and research. The successful applicant will be encouraged to be involved with at least one audit or research project during the post, with the aim of producing at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal by the end of the year.

The trainee has protected time to develop and work on research projects and will be encouraged to develop links with other centres when necessary to further this. There are good opportunities for collaboration on-site, and excellent library and computer facilities are available within the Education Centre.

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts 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 attached Job Description and Person Specification.