Advanced Anaesthetic Fellow in Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia

We are one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England with a workforce of approximately 14,500 employees including clinicians, non-clinical support workers, clinical and non-clinical leaders and staff. The department of Intensive Care, Theatres. Anaesthesia, Pain and Sleep (ITAPS) is one of the biggest in the country with >160 consultants, >50 locally employed residents and supports over 100 trainees in all aspects of anaesthetic delivery except neurosurgery. The Trust has three main hospitals in Leicester Leicester Royal infirmary (LRI) A large acute hospital supporting one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. The anaesthetic department supports emergencies, trauma, ENT, Maxfax, plastics, general surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology, radiology, paediatrics including paediatric cardiac. We run 21 theatres each day with multiple outlying areas also delivering anaesthesia. The anaesthetic department is responsible for anaesthetic cover for a large high risk obstetric unit and a 25 bed adult intensive care unit. All paediatric services are delivered at the LRI. Glenfield Hospital (GH) Supports adult cardiothoracic surgery, vascular, renal, breast and hepatobiliary specialities. It has a large adult intensive care unit specialising in cardiac support and ECMO. Leicester General hospital (LGH) he LGH hosts elective orthopaedics, gynaecology and urology. Recently a two theatre daycase unit East Midlands Planned Care Centre has been opened delivering six days/week of ophthalmology, urology, gynaecology and general surgery day case surgery. Paediatric services Paediatric services are exclusively delivered at the Leicester royal Infirmary (LRI) delivering >5000 paediatric operations per year. It is a tertiary referral unit for many paediatric services receiving patients from across the Midlands. There are three dedicated paediatric theatres, three out of area locations and some adhoc paediatric theatres at the LRI supporting the following paediatric surgical specialities: ENT and Maxfax Urology General surgery Gastroenterology Opthalmology Dental services Trauma and orthopaedics Plastics Radiology CT and MRI Oncology In addition the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre is based at the LRI where it has a dedicated theatre and an interventional suite delivering >450 cases per year. The paediatric anaesthetic team supports one of the largest neonatal and paediatric intensive care units in the country and has a well-recognised reputation for high quality neonatal perioperative care. It accepts patients requiring neonatal surgery from a wide geographical area across the midlands. The paediatric anaesthetic team provides emergency support including contributing to the paediatric cardiac arrest team to the paediatric wards, NNU, PICU and the Childrens Emergency Department. There is a 24-hour, seven day a week on call consultant paediatric anaesthetist and daily paediatric emergency lists. Job description Job responsibilities We are one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England with a workforce of approximately 14,500 employees including clinicians, non-clinical support workers, clinical and non-clinical leaders and staff. The department of Intensive Care, Theatres. Anaesthesia, Pain and Sleep (ITAPS) is one of the biggest in the country with >160 consultants, >50 locally employed residents and supports over 100 trainees in all aspects of anaesthetic delivery except neurosurgery. The Trust has three main hospitals in Leicester Leicester Royal infirmary (LRI) A large acute hospital supporting one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. The anaesthetic department supports emergencies, trauma, ENT, Maxfax, plastics, general surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology, radiology, paediatrics including paediatric cardiac. We run 21 theatres each day with multiple outlying areas also delivering anaesthesia. The anaesthetic department is responsible for anaesthetic cover for a large high risk obstetric unit and a 25 bed adult intensive care unit. All paediatric services are delivered at the LRI. Glenfield Hospital (GH) Supports adult cardiothoracic surgery, vascular, renal, breast and hepatobiliary specialities. It has a large adult intensive care unit specialising in cardiac support and ECMO. Leicester General hospital (LGH) he LGH hosts elective orthopaedics, gynaecology and urology. Recently a two theatre daycase unit East Midlands Planned Care Centre has been opened delivering six days/week of ophthalmology, urology, gynaecology and general surgery day case surgery. Paediatric services Paediatric services are exclusively delivered at the Leicester royal Infirmary (LRI) delivering >5000 paediatric operations per year. It is a tertiary referral unit for many paediatric services receiving patients from across the Midlands. There are three dedicated paediatric theatres, three out of area locations and some adhoc paediatric theatres at the LRI supporting the following paediatric surgical specialities: ENT and Maxfax Urology General surgery Gastroenterology Opthalmology Dental services Trauma and orthopaedics Plastics Radiology CT and MRI Oncology In addition the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre is based at the LRI where it has a dedicated theatre and an interventional suite delivering >450 cases per year. The paediatric anaesthetic team supports one of the largest neonatal and paediatric intensive care units in the country and has a well-recognised reputation for high quality neonatal perioperative care. It accepts patients requiring neonatal surgery from a wide geographical area across the midlands. The paediatric anaesthetic team provides emergency support including contributing to the paediatric cardiac arrest team to the paediatric wards, NNU, PICU and the Childrens Emergency Department. There is a 24-hour, seven day a week on call consultant paediatric anaesthetist and daily paediatric emergency lists.