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About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery (ST3+ Equivalent)
Closed for applications on: 6-Feb-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 6-Feb-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty - FH
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (February 2025 for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
Salary
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Trust Doctor)
Specialty
- Main area
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This post is suitable for an individual seeking to enter specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery, or someone who has passed their fellowship exams looking for subspecialty experience. There will be opportunity to gain experience in transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
Candidates must possess good clinical/operative skills and have excellent communication skills, with an ability to work well within the team.
This post is available from February 2025 for 12 months.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Advert
We are looking to appoint an extremely motivated and ambitious trust doctor (registrar ST3+) to join our team of 8 clinical fellows/trust doctors who provide middle grade cover for our service. The registrar will be supported by an excellent team of advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) on the ward as well as 3 surgical care practitioners (SCPs) in theatre. This post is for a doctor who has completed CST training who wishes to gain some more clinical and operative experience in cardiothoracic or for a more senior trainee/surgeon who would like to develop
further subspecialty interest including MCS and transplant.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr. Muhammad Izanee Mydin on 0191 233 6161 (ext: 39566), or via email at [email protected]
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
Day to day care of pre- and post-operative cardiac and thoracic surgery patients on the wards, clinics and theatres
Perform operations as a first operator (with consultant supervision) if appropriate as well as assist in theatres depending on the level of experience
Attend outpatient clinics to see new or follow patients under the supervision of the consultant
2nd on-call for any ICU/HDU/ward emergencies for cardiothoracic surgical patients (1:8 resident on-call)
Reviewing patients daily, requesting appropriate investigation and treating the patients appropriately
Take and see referrals for cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, liaising with the on-call consultant surgeons
Seeks timely assistance from senior colleagues when appropriate
Administrative:
Ensuring accurate and representative entries are made in the case notes
Filling out referrals to MDTs and requesting investigations in a timely fashion
Research/Audit:
Participate actively in local audit and presentations; as well as attend the monthly M&M meetings
Participate in any research activity and submit abstracts to meetings; present at national/international meetings
Teaching:
Attend the cardiothoracic weekly teaching and journal club
Present at the weekly teaching
Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff/medical and nursing students if appropriate
Flexibility:
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any
offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months
- Ability to work in the UK
Desirable criteria
- Completed core surgical training
- MRCS or any equivalent diplomas
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
- Current ALS registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience as a registrar in cardiothoracic surgery
- CALS/ATLS
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments, log books
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to take responsibility for own learning
- Attending courses and conference for CPD
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Desirable criteria
- Formal teaching of medical/nursing students
- Train the trainers course
- Faculty of any courses
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of audit projects
- Evidence of presentations at meetings
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of closing the audit loop
- Involved in writing local departmental guidelines
- Evidence of publications relevant to the specialty
- Evidence of presentations at national/international meetings
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of rota management
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s Values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Attendance at a management/leadership course
- IT literate
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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