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Senthil Kumaran

Northampton,NTH

Summary

Accomplished Consultant Anaesthetist with over 30 years of experience in anaesthesia and intensive care across the UK and India, including a distinguished 20-year tenure as a Senior Consultant at Northampton General Hospital. Expertise includes advanced airway management, regional anaesthesia, onco-anaesthesia, and high-risk perioperative care, complemented by leadership roles as Deputy Clinical Director and Lead Clinician in specialized services. A strong commitment to medical education is demonstrated through extensive involvement in undergraduate training, specialist anaesthesia programs, simulation-based teaching, and international fellowships. Eager to leverage a wealth of knowledge and skills to foster impactful clinical improvements within a progressive healthcare system while embracing opportunities for professional growth. Problem-solving Clinical Director qualified to manage health regulations, perform patient care and further motivate talented staff. Enthusiastic professional with background affecting positive patient outcomes, finding creative solutions to administrative issues and interacting with diverse personalities. Outcomes-oriented Clinical Supervisor offering 20year background to growing team. Adept in case management, clinical oversight, and staff training. Proficient in conducting data analysis to close gaps and improve outcomes.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consultant Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

Northampton General Hospital
01.2005 - Current
  • Lead Clinician for Regional Anaesthesia and CPET services
  • Programme Director: International GMC Sponsorship Fellowships
  • Accredited Founder Member & Trainer – Perioperative Exercise Testing & Training Society (POETTS) Clinical Lead – Daventry Day Surgery Unit: Design, protocols, governance
  • High-volume practice in oncology, ENT, colorectal, orthopedics, and robotic surgeries
  • Active faculty in national and Regional Anaesthesia workshops
  • Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets.
  • Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
  • Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.

Deputy Clinical Director

Theatre, Anaesthesia & Critical Care
01.2024 - 03.2025

Founder Director, Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing & High-Risk Preoperative Service | Since 2015 : Decreased treatment to Referal time cancelled surgeries due to poor medical optimisation

  • Specialist Adviser, Care Quality Commission (CQC), UK | 2014 – 2016
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, Leicester Medical School | 2010 – 2015
  • Consultant Anaesthesia & ICU, Basildon University Hospital | Mar 2004 – Nov 2004
  • CCST Specialist Registrar, Barts & The London School of Anaesthesia | 1999 – 2004
  • Interacted effectively with clinical staff and patients by using active listening and interpersonal skills.
  • Facilitate hiring of qualified Anesthesia Consultants and Resident by interview applicants and making recommendations for employment.
  • Worked with nurse manager to develop nursing staff through education, evaluation, performance management, and competency improvement.
  • Monitored, analyzed, and corrected staff performance and worked with Divisionol manager to raise standards of practice.
  • Developed, implemented, revised, and evaluated policies and procedures.
  • Coached and trained newly hired employees so that each understood job responsibilities and requirements of positions.
  • Interviewed and hired highly talented individuals bringing great skills and passion to daily jobs.
  • Defined testing protocols, quality assurance initiatives and clinic policies and procedures.
  • Discussed medical histories with patients in effort to provide most effective medical advice.
  • Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.
  • Spearheaded and implemented new projects to expand scope of engagement.

Education

Ready Now, Senior Management Programme - Health Care Management

NHS Leadership Academy
Leeds UK
12.2018

MBA Modules - Global Strategy, Marketing, Supply chain & Finance, Leadership

Oxford Brookes University
Oxford
08.2016

FRCA : CCST Anaesthesia & Intensive Care - Anaesthesiology

Northeast East Thames School of Anaesthesia, Barts And The Royal London Hospitals
London
06.2004

FRCA -

Royal College of Anaesthetist
London
12.2000

MBBS -

Madras Medical College ,Madras University
M
01.1992

Skills

  • Advanced Airway Management: Awake fibre-optic and Video intubation, High Frequency Jet ventilation, onco-surgery for Maxillofacial, ENT, Colorectal, Gynecological Malignancies and Robotic Surgery
  • Regional Anaesthesia: Ultrasound-guided Anaesthesia, continuous catheters for awake upper limb arthroplasties
  • High-Risk Perioperative Assessment: Cardio-pulmonary Exercise testing service founder and Accredited Trainer: Perioperative Medicine
  • Leadership & Governance: Deputy Clinical Director, Theatre, Anaesthesia & Critical care Division CQC Specialist Adviser, Care Quality Commission Honorary Senior Lecturer Undergraduate Medical Education Leicester University, GMC revalidation: Trust Appraiser for Northampton General Hospital’s Senior doctors
  • Education & Training: Program Director, GMC sponsored International clinical fellowships, Lead Trainer for Regional Anaesthesia Workshop Director and faculty for national Conferences including RcOA Simulated emergent Anaesthetic scenarios, Perioperative Medicine: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Invited Lectures: National conference on Peri-operative Medicine
  • Service Development: Design and Development of Satellite and Integrated Day Surgery Unit, Electronic Patient Records and prescription Implementation lead for Surgical Division Clinical IT solutions Project Lead: Trust wide Electronic Patient Referral system Founder and Lead for Peri-operative Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
  • Research & Publications: Peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters

Certification

  • United Kingdom: GMC Specialist Register – Anaesthesia & Intensive Care (No. 4782670)
  • CCST in Anaesthesia and critical Care. Northeast East Thames School of Anaesthesia, Barts and The Royal London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
  • DHA / Licensing: License activation pending ACLS certification.
  • DHA Unique ID: 99130810

Awards

Clinical and leadership Excellence Awards: Innovation Category: Automated Real Time KPI Dashboard for day case surgeries. This work led the Surgical division to achieve Key benchmarks in clinical outcomes, operational and financial efficiencies. Commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) standards were achieved attracting additional HHS funding for improving the surgical services, Clinical and Leadership Excellence Awards: Patient safety Category: Operating theatres Fire evacuation planning. Lessons learned from insitu - simulated fire episodes I designed a fully ratified evacuation protocol is currently in operation. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards I have been awarded 3 Clinical Excellence award points (ACCEA points) which is no being remunerated on a yearly basis. These Awards are given to clinicians who go over and above their job plans to achieve clinical and Service improvement.

Publications

  • Burns, Anaesthesia: Oesophageal reflectance pulse oximetry in major burns Burns, Anaesthesia Volume 31 , Issue 3 , Pages oesophageal reflectance pulse oximetry in major burns Anaesthesia 337 -341S. Pal, P.Kyriacous. Kumaran,S. Fadheel, R. Langford, D . Jones (Co-Researcher
  • Anaesthesia Research Society Procedings. Clinical evaluation of Oesophageal pulse Oximetry in burns patient. Manchester April 2004. Published as an abstract in BJA 2004 (First author)
  • Author: Oxford Handbook of Thoracic Anaesthesia – Chapter on Hypotension
  • Author Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery Postgraduate Ophthalmology

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Elementary
Tamil
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Deputy Clinical Director

Theatre, Anaesthesia & Critical Care
01.2024 - 03.2025

Consultant Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

Northampton General Hospital
01.2005 - Current

Ready Now, Senior Management Programme - Health Care Management

NHS Leadership Academy

MBA Modules - Global Strategy, Marketing, Supply chain & Finance, Leadership

Oxford Brookes University

FRCA : CCST Anaesthesia & Intensive Care - Anaesthesiology

Northeast East Thames School of Anaesthesia, Barts And The Royal London Hospitals

FRCA -

Royal College of Anaesthetist

MBBS -

Madras Medical College ,Madras University
Senthil Kumaran