Locum Consultant in Thoracic Surgery

Job overview

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a locum thoracic surgeon to join the Barts Thorax Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust. The appointment will be for 6 months in the first instance.

Barts Health NHS trust is the largest NHS Trust in the UK serving a population of 2.5 million. The Barts Thorax Centre is an integrated unit designed around the patient journey, bringing together thoracic surgery, respiratory medicine and thoracic oncology at a single location.

This is strengthened by co-location with the Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiovascular centre in Europe, and the Barts Cancer Centre, with their extensive research infrastructure, allowing immediate and on site care of their most common comorbidities.

The successful applicant will join a growing department of thoracic surgery which offers the full spectrum of thoracic surgery and is expanding its activity. The department has its own dedicated facilities including new, spacious wards and a dedicated team of junior doctors. 

Informal enquiries can be made to Mr Kelvin Lau, Clinical Director for thoracic surgery, on 0203 465 58843 or by email to [email protected].

Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment

Advert

Barts Health is looking for a Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon. This is an exciting position with opportunity for the successful applicant to join the Barts thoracic surgery team to develop its lung volume reduction, robotic surgery and research programmes. The successful candidate will be based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.   

There is currently a team of 4 substantive consultant thoracic surgeons,1 locum consultant thoracic surgeon and 1 cardiothoracic surgeon with a specialist interest in chest wall.

·         The successful candidate will have the opportunity to direct and participate in academic research at QMUL. 

·         The advertised consultant thoracic surgical post attracts 10 PA’s which will be 8.5 DCCs’ and 1.5 SPAs’.  The on-call commitment will be 1:5 emergency on call rota with trauma provision at The Royal London Trauma Centre. 

·         The successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional excellence, leadership and the ability to deliver effective care. He/she will need to agree levels of activity and throughput with the Clinical Director of Surgery.

        The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Working for our organisation

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.