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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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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

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Ref: 317-LCON-25-047 Vacancy ID: 7027729

Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Accepting applications until: 02-Mar-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 02-Mar-2025 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Thoracic Surgery Specialty - FH
Tref: Newcastle upon Tyne
Cod post: NE7 7DN
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 3 months (As soon as possible for 3 months)
Oriau: Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)

Salary

Cyflog: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Locum Consultant)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: 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.

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Clinical:

· Attendance at Lung Cancer MDTs both within Newcastle and at referring district hospitals in the North East of England and Cumbria.

· To undertake operating, outpatient clinic and Peripheral MDTs with prospective cover accounted for in job plan.

· Participation in the on-call Rota for emergency thoracic surgery and in-patient Postoperative care.

On call:

· Each surgeon is responsible for the patients he/she has operated on unless prior arrangement has been made with another Consultant.

· Thoracic surgical on-call is currently on a 1:6 basis, non-resident.

· The successful post holder will be expected to undertake on-call cover for 1 day of the week and 1:6 weekends. The on-call cover includes covering Cardiothoracic Trauma at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital (Major Trauma Centre), rarely the cover may extend to attendance at other hospitals in the region.

Administrative:

· Review of elective referrals.

· Timely upkeep of all routine Patient Administration.

· Contribution to various administrative duties in the Board

· Records are maintained on the Dendrite database. (The Department takes part in full data collection for SCTS and national data collection purposes).

· Work with Cardiothoracic Management team on waiting list allocation and management

Accountability:

· The appointee will have full professional independence on medical matters but will be managerially accountable to the Trust and the Chief Executive, through his/her Clinical Director and Board Chair.

Clinical Governance:

· The post holder is expected to participate in the Trust’s clinical effectiveness activities, and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services. The post-holder will assist with the safeguarding of high standards of care by participating in the creation of an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.

Continuing Professional Development and Continuing Medical Education:

· The post holder is expected to take responsibility for their own Continuing Professional Development and take part in Continuing Medical Education activities, in line with the requirements of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, guidelines to maintain standards of performance and in consultation with the Clinical Director /CAG Director.

· The post-holder will be expected to produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with the Clinical Director /CAG Director.

· Study leave is available as provided for under the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical and Dental staff, subject to the approval of the Clinical Director /CAG Director.

Revalidation:

· The Trust supports activities and processes required to be undertaken by the surgeon to demonstrate to the GMC that they are up to date and fit to practice. The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all surgeons have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports surgeons going through the revalidation process.

Research and Development:

· Research and Development is expected under the guidance of the Research and Development department and within the guidelines of Trust policies.

· Enthusiasm for audit and clinical research

Teaching:

· Enthusiasm for teaching and training cardiothoracic surgical trainees.

· Contribution to undergraduate medical teaching.

· Teaching nursing staff and professions allied to medicine.

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

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol

Primary Medical Qualification
Full GMC Registration
FRCS (C/Th) or equivalent
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of interview)

Meini prawf dymunol

Higher Degree.
Special skills training in the specialty
International Training Fellowship

Clinical Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Full range of experience in General Thoracic Surgery
Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
Evidence of adult thoracic and cancer MDT working
Experience of independent practice in minimally invasive videoscopic and open lung resection surgery
Ability to deliver on call service including on-call for airway management

Meini prawf dymunol

Experience and Training in Cardiac Surgery
Experience of chest wall surgeries
Experience of management of cardiothoracic trauma
Experience in diagnostic and therapeutic management of airway diseases
Evidence of involvement in robotic training
Evidence of involvement in new treatment or technologies; eg navigational bronchoscopy, Lung volume reduction
Consultant level experience, such as acting up or locum

Management and Administration Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
An understanding of Clinical Governance
Must demonstrate an understanding of current issues in the NHS and responsibilities of a consultant

Meini prawf dymunol

Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
Evidence of leadership / project management
Evidence of having implemented change.
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Attendance at a recognized management course

Teaching

Meini prawf hanfodol

Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Meini prawf dymunol

Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Evidence of participation as faculty in national training courses

Research

Meini prawf hanfodol

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology, research governance and publication of findings

Meini prawf dymunol

Higher degree
Experience as research Investigator
Research/critical review of literature
Publications in the last five years.

Audit

Meini prawf hanfodol

Evidence of participation in audit

Meini prawf dymunol

Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes

Meini prawf hanfodol

Alignment with the Trust’s values
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
A commitment to personal / unit CPD
Ability and willingness to work the on-call Rotas
Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Team Player - able to contribute and develop the department as a team