Job overview
The Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit admits patients requiring Level and Level care following cardiothoracic surgery or cardiological procedures. The Heart Centre offers a full range of surgical and percutaneous cardiac interventions including coronary bypass grafts and valvular repair/replacement, complex aortic and pulmonary surgery and our growing minimally invasive cardiac surgical programe. The critical care unit supports extracorporeal circulation with ventricular assisted device and Impella.
Main duties of the job
On call duties include working with the Consultant Intensivist on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care to support the resident trainee anaesthetist and cover interventional cardiology emergencies in the catheter laboratory. In addition, the post-holder will work with the on-call Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist to cover all cardiothoracic surgical emergencies. There will be a requirement to liaise with consultants from other on call groups
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is 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. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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