Senior Resident

Department: Cardiac Anaesthesia / Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
Designation: Senior Resident
Reports to: Consultant / Head of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Key responsibilities

• Provide perioperative anaesthesia care for adult and paediatric cardiac surgery patients.
• Preoperative assessment and optimisation of patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
• Conduct and assist with general anaesthesia for CABGvalve surgerycongenital heart surgeryaortic surgery and other major cardiac procedures.
• Manage high-risk and critically ill cardiac patients in the ICU.
• Perform/assist with invasive monitoring including arterial and central venous access.
• Exposure to TEE/TOE and perioperative echocardiography is desirable.
• Manage postoperative haemodynamic instabilitybleedingarrhythmias and other complications.
• Participate in emergency cardiac surgery and on-call duties.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and participate in morbidity/mortality meetings and academic activities.
• Teach and supervise junior residents and trainees.