Associate Consultant

Job Description – Associate Consultant, Adult Cardiac Surgery

Job Title: Associate Consultant – Adult Cardiac Surgery
Department:  Adult Cardiac Surgery
Reports To: Senior Consultant / Head of Department
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Narayana Institute of Cardiac Science

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate adult cardiac surgery patients in OPD, wards, ICU, and emergency settings.
• Conduct detailed pre-operative assessments and develop appropriate surgical management plans in coordination with senior consultants.
• Assist in and perform adult cardiac surgical procedures according to training, experience, and hospital privileges.
• Participate in procedures such as CABG, valve surgery, and other adult cardiac surgical interventions as appropriate.
• Provide comprehensive pre-operative and post-operative patient management.
• Monitor and manage post-operative patients in the cardiac ICU, including haemodynamic instability, bleeding, arrhythmias, respiratory complications, and other surgical complications.
• Identify and promptly manage post-operative complications, escalating complex cases to the senior consultant when required.
• Participate in emergency cardiac surgical services and on-call duties.
• Coordinate with cardiologists, cardiac anaesthetists, intensivists, perfusionists, nursing teams, and other specialties for multidisciplinary patient care.
• Counsel patients and relatives regarding diagnosis, surgical options, risks, benefits, expected outcomes, and post-operative care.
• Maintain accurate patient records, operative notes, discharge summaries, and other clinical documentation.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection-control practices, clinical protocols, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings, clinical audits, quality-improvement initiatives, teaching, and academic activities.
• Support the department in maintaining high standards of surgical outcomes and patient care.