Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetist

Job Title

Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetist

Closing date: 12 August 2026

A total of 81 Consultant Anaesthetists including 6 Locum Consultants currently work for the Trust. The department also currently employs 1 Associate Specialist, 2 Specialist Grade Anaesthetists, 1 Specialty Doctor and about 30 trainees based in Anaesthesia ranging from CT1-ST7. 8 Senior Clinical Fellows are employed in the anaesthetic department. There are also trainees from acute medicine, respiratory medicine and emergency medicine who rotate through training in Intensive care and we train both FY1 and FY2 Doctors from our Local Foundation School.

The Consultant Cardio-thoracic Anaesthetist will provide 1 in 9 weekly cover for Cardio-thoracic ICU (CICU). The CICU for the week will attend the weekly rehabilitation MDT, microbiology meeting, provide preoperative advice and preoptimization for acute in-patients in addition to responsibilities to patients on CICU and attending to emergencies in the cardio-thoracic unit. The on-call will cover Cardio-thoracic Intensive Care, Cath Lab and Cardio-thoracic theatres along with other Consultant colleagues.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

• Registered Practitioner who possesses FRCA (or equivalent). Either on the specialist register or if currently in a specialist registrar post, he/she is eligible to be registered within 6 months.
• Must have completed Advanced specialist training in cardio-thoracic anaesthesia and intensive care.
• MD, PhD or M Med Sci
• Further qualification in medical education like PGCME.

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of training and clinical experience and competence in all anaesthetic techniques.
• Demonstrate competence with delivering anaesthesia for a wide range of cardiac surgery including complex, major aortic, mitral, minimal access surgery.
• Demonstrate competence to provide anaesthetic support for complex cardiology procedures including (but not exclusive) TAVI, electrophysiology studies and complex pacing devices.
• Demonstrate competence and experience in anaesthesia for a wide variety of complex thoracic surgery including robotic surgery.
• Must be able to demonstrate competence and clinical experience in intensive care medicine.
• Training and experience in intraoperative echocardiography.
• Must have worked in the UK for at least 12 months as an anaesthetist.
• Certification in cardiac advanced life support course (CALS).
• Additional clinical experience or advance training and certification in echocardiography.

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS, and of the responsibilities of a NHS consultant.
• Fellowship or University qualification in Management.

• Experience in training and teaching postgraduate and doctors and medical…