Locum Consutant ECAT / ePCR Training Lead

As Pre-hospital ECPR Consultant Training Lead, you will design, coordinate and deliver the entire ECPR training programme for London's Air Ambulance and our strategic partners. You will shape a pioneering service, overseeing competency frameworks, simulation training, online learning, governance processes and on-scene proctoring during live ECAT shifts.,

• Lead the design and delivery of the pre-hospital ECPR training programme.
• Organise six-monthly ECPR courses and regular ECAT/ECPR training days.
• Maintain training records and oversee competency progression across the multi-professional team.
• Proctor ECPR delivery on live ECAT shifts (Rapid Response Vehicle and occasionally helicopter).
• Deliver training in femoral arterial access and pre-hospital TOE.
• Oversee maintenance of training and simulation equipment.
• Lead governance activities including audits, debriefs and learning dissemination.
• Contribute to ECAT-related research and Pan-London ECPR collaborative work.
  
  GMC Specialist Registration (or equivalent).
• Consultant-level experience in a commissioned ECMO centre retrieval rota.
• Experience in pre-hospital medicine and delivering ECPR/ECMO training.
• Proficiency in ECMO cannulation and TOE.
• Strong leadership, communication and teaching skills.
Desirable:
• Postgraduate qualifications in medical education, ECMO or TOE.
• Experience in HEMS operations, ECPR research or programme development.
  
  London's Air Ambulance delivers an advanced trauma team to the most critically injured patients across London. Serving 10 million people within the M25, our clinicians bring the hospital to the patient when seconds matter. We are internationally recognised for our leadership in pre-hospital care, innovation, governance and education.
Our new Endovascular Cardiac Arrest Team (ECAT) has been established as a one-year service evaluation exploring advanced resuscitative interventions--including pre-hospital Extra-Corporeal Pulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)--for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest., You will be at the forefront of a transformational step in resuscitation care, working alongside world-leading clinicians in one of the most advanced pre-hospital systems in the world., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.