Full job descriptionConsultant in Cardiothoracic AnaesthesiaConsultantMain area

Cardiothoracic intensive care and anaesthesia
Grade

Consultant
Contract

Permanent
Hours

Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus on-call 1 in 7)
Job ref

MS-CON-7838849-S5-C
Site

Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Town

Oxford
Salary

£113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Salary period

Yearly
Closing

18/08/2026 23:59
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
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Job overviewThe postholder’s duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s other sites.
A whole-time/part-time post as a Consultant in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care is now available at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
This appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share. Applications from candidates who are qualified in Intensive Care Medicine with or without another specialty are welcomed, as well as applications from Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists with an interest in Intensive Care.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Dr Andrew Johnson, CSU Lead for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Critical Care, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe. Email:
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
Main duties of the jobThis consultant post will provide Intensive Care and Anaesthetic services to cardiothoracic patients as part of a team of consultants providing cardiac and thoracic surgery and cardiology procedures at the Trust. This post is in Cardiothoracic Intensive care with or without another specialty. You will provide care for adult cardiothoracic and cardiology patients on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit the John Radcliffe. This care includes direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds, follow-up outpatient clinics and consultations on relevant critically ill inpatients.
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The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesCSU Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit and Theatres
There are approximately 900 cardiac surgical cases carried out at the JR with a full range of adult procedures with the exception of transplantation. Additionally, there are over 500 thoracic cases with many complex and high-risk cases requiring intensive care / HDU support post-operatively. There are established aortic and mitral surgical programs which include minimally invasive mitral and complex aortic operations.
Cardiology procedures requiring anaesthetic support include ablation, complex device insertion and extractions, TAVI and other structural inventions including percutaneous edge to edge valve repair.
The Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit provides both Level 2 and Level 3 care to patients after both cardiac and thoracic surgery and also following emergency and elective Cardiological procedures. The unit receives over 1500 admissions per year. Most are planned admissions, but the unit also receives emergency admissions including those transferred from other hospitals for emergency Cardiothoracic surgery and Cardiothoracic patients who become critically ill on the ward. Emergency admissions also include patients after emergency percutaneous coronary intervention and out of hospital arrest.
CTCCU patients receive a full range of organ support procedures including ventricular assist devices, VA ECMO, Impella and haemofiltration.
Clinical
This post is in Cardiothoracic Intensive care with or without another specialty. You will provide care for adult cardiothoracic and cardiology patients on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit the John Radcliffe. This care includes direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds, follow-up outpatient clinics and consultations on relevant critically ill...