Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist

The postholder will undertake anaesthetic duties in cardiothoracic theatres, cardiothoracic critical care and cardiology. The successful candidate will work a flexible, rolling rota with his cardiothoracic anaesthetic colleagues, and will participate in the on call rota.

This is a replacement appointment to join a dynamic team of specialised Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists at our tertiary centre. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver anaesthesiology for a wide range of cardiology and cardiothoracic procedures; trans-oesophageal echocardiography and will give direct care in the integrated cardiothoracic intensive care unit.

The successful application will be part of a 1:10 24/7 cardiothoracic on-call rota serving a population in excess of 1 million. We are ideally looking for an applicant with a wide range of anaesthetic and intensive care skills.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust was established in 1994 and is a major acute Trust providing a comprehensive range of services for the people ofWolverhampton, the wider Black Country, Staffordshire, NorthWorcestershire and Shropshire. It gained Cancer Centre status in 1997, wasdesignated as the 4th Regional Heart & Lung Centre during 2004/05 andbecame one of the first wave Bowel Screening Centres in 2006. The Trust isthe largest teaching hospital in the Black Country providing teaching andtraining to around 130 medical students on rotation from the University ofBirmingham Medical School. It also provides training for nurses, midwivesand allied health professionals through well-established links with theUniversity of Wolverhampton.One of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands the