Job overview

The post is for 10.25 PAs which consists of 8.5 Direct Clinical Care PAs, including 1PA for on call and 0.25PA for ECMO service. The post holder will be part of the cardiac on-call rota (1 in 7, class A). The post holder will be expected to take part in lists allocated to cardiac surgery, cardiac interventional catheter procedures, cardiac radiology imaging and other general paediatric anaesthesia lists. 

The majority of lists are allocated 1.25 DCC PAs to allow pre- and post-op clinical activity. The cardiac surgical lists in the main cardiac theatre are allocated 1.5 PAs for each session. In line with current Trust policy this post includes 1.5 PAs core supporting professional activities (SPA). Additional SPA is subject to negotiation for activities such as educational supervision, research, Trust management positions, and service development.

Main duties of the job

The primary responsibility of the successful candidate will be to provide perioperative anaesthetic care to patients with congenital heart disease having elective and urgent cardiac surgical procedures with and without cardiopulmonary bypass; cardiac diagnostic and interventional catheter procedures; cardiac radiological imaging; children needing essential procedures like long term vascular access, long term enteral feeding and other procedures needed for ongoing clinical care of these patients. The successful candidate will be expected to provide support to general anaesthesia consultant colleagues in caring for children with congenital heart disease having various non cardiac surgical and diagnostic procedures.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.