Applications are invited for a substantive Consultant Anaesthetist post with a special interest in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Cardiac Intensive Care based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Located in the Northeast of Scotland, Aberdeen is an affluent, friendly and vibrant city, combining all the amenities of a large city with quick, easy access to its beautiful surrounding countryside and coastline. Aberdeen has a large anaesthetic department which covers a comprehensive range of clinical services and offers many opportunities to develop research and teaching interests in collaboration with the local universities.
NHS Grampian offer an extensive range of interventions across all surgical specialties with many of our teams undertaking work on a regional or national basis in addition to offering treatment to the local population. This breadth of work allows enthusiastic appointees to identify and develop interests in a wide choice of areas.
The 10 Programmed Activities job description comprises 8 Direct Clinical Care and 2 Supporting Professional Activities. The Cardiothoracic Unit in Aberdeen is a busy unit which covers the full range of adult cardiac surgery including off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic reconstructive surgery and less invasive cardiac surgery, and supports an expanding cardiac electrophysiology and percutaneous intervention service including transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Joining with 6 other Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetists, this post offers a combination of fixed and flexible sessions in cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care, together with the opportunity to flexibly cover thoracic surgery and other specialities. The successful candidate will join the cardiac anaesthesia and intensive care on-call rota. On call duties will be approximately 1:7 and on a non-resident basis.
Applications from candidates wishing to work on part time basis will equally be considered. It will also be possible to accommodate more flexible working arrangements including annualised job plans and job sharing.
Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview.
CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) or Portfolio Pathway route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive Consultant post once CESR or Portfolio Pathway specialist registration is awarded. Those with an International Recognised Specialist Qualification approved by GMC should have a confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register.
Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR or Portfolio Pathway Specialist Registration can be made to the GMC.
Enquiries should be made to: Dr Paul Bourke, Unit Clinical Director, (01224) 553142