Cardiothoracic Consultant Anaesthetist

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Cardiothoracic Consultant Anaesthetist

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Join Our Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Team!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level in one of the UK's leading specialist centres? We are seeking passionate, dynamic, and forward-thinking Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists to join our expanding team. This is your opportunity to make a real impact in a centre renowned for innovation, excellence, and compassionate care.

We are recruiting for:

• Substantive Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist with a special interest in thoracic anaesthesia to help drive our minimally invasive thoracic surgery programme forward

Why Essex Cardiothoracic Centre?

• Purpose-built tertiary facility serving 1.8 million people
• Cutting-edge cardiac and thoracic surgery, including minimally invasive techniques
• State-of-the-art facilities: 16-bed ITU, 32-bed surgery ward, 28-bed cardiology ward, 4 theatres (including hybrid IR), 4 cath labs, advanced imaging, and more
• Leading research trials and academic programmes
• Supportive, multidisciplinary team with a strong focus on teaching, training, and career development

What We Offer:

• Flexible working arrangements and excellent work-life balance
• Dedicated mentor for all new consultants
• Opportunities for personal and professional development, including study leave and training
• Access to world-class facilities and a thriving postgraduate medical centre

Please note the AAC Interview will be held on 12th December 2025.

Main duties of the job

Your role will involve:

• Providing perioperative TOE services.
• Providing evidence-based care.
• Working clinically in cardiothoracic critical care.
• Working collaboratively with a variety of colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Covering on-call across our cardiothoracic theatres, cardiac critical care and cardiology intervention services - so ideally you should live within 10 miles of Basildon Hospital, or 30 minutes travelling time.

Developing your interests and specialisation within cardiothoracic anaesthesia, & Critical Care including active participation in research programmes.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Job responsibilities

Who Were Looking For:

• GMC registered, with FRCA (or equivalent) and specialist registration (or within 6 months of CCT)
• Experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care
• Commitment to multidisciplinary teamwork, teaching, and research
• Enthusiasm for service development and innovation
• For the substantive post: a keen interest in thoracic anaesthesia is highly desirable

Qualifications

• GMC registration
• Training in both general and cardiothoracic critical care, ALS or ATLS (at least Intermediate level as per RCOA curriculum)
• On Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview
• Training and qualifications in other medical specialty (e.g. FICM, MRCP, MRCS, FRCS)
• Membership of a national specialty organization (e.g. ACTA)
• Accreditation in perioperative TOE

Experience

• A minimum of one year of continuous experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and Intensive Care equivalent to advanced level training as per RCOA curriculum.
• ITU experience
• Significant experience in cardiothoracic surgery as consultant

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)