SPECIALITY DOCTOR (ST3 - ST6 EQUIVALENT) IN ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
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Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Can be extended if desired)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 plus 2 sessions)
Salary
- Salary
- £61,825 pa. excl. LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor)
Specialty
- Main area
- Specialty Doctor
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Post: Speciality Doctor (ST3 - ST6 Equivalent) in Adult Cardiac Surgery
Appointment: Fixed Time (6-month fixed term with opportunity to extend, further to appraisal)
Responsible To: Clinical Lead in Cardiac Surgery – Mr Kamran Baig Educational Lead in Cardiac Surgery – Mr Gianluca Lucchese
Accountable To: Clinical Director - Dr Gerald Carr-White and Dr Rachel Bastiaenen
Employing Authority: Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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Employing Authority and main place of employment:
The post will be based at St. Thomas’ Hospital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.
Job Summary:
To provide clinical services for cardiac surgery patients in support of the consultant surgeons.
Duties will include training and mentoring of less experienced colleagues and other staff, participation in clinical audit and in clinical research projects. Clinical areas covered will mainly include theatres, wards, overnight intensive recovery unit and outpatients.
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
Working for our organisation
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth & Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart & lung, cancer & renal services as well as a full range of local hospital & community services for people in Lambeth & Southwark.
Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s & St Thomas’ in February 2021 & is the largest specialist heart & lung centre in the UK & among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart & lung disease, including rare & complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence & into adulthood & old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton & Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart & lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart & lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
The post-holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Cardiac Surgery services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
Training of junior staff:
The post-holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her that post-holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
Teaching:
The post-holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
Mutual Obligation to Monitor Hours:
There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.
New Deal & European Working Time Directive (EWTD):
All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with both New Deal and EWTD guidelines.
Educational Programme:
Neither the London Deanery not the Royal College of Surgeons accredits this post for postgraduate training. However, the post-holder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, research clubs etc.
All post-holders will be designated a professional development mentor from among the consultant surgeons with whom a professional development contract will be agreed and reviewed on a regular basis.
Appraisal:
All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal.
Other:
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
- MRCS or equivalent,
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Equivalent to two years full time clinical experience in cardiothoracic surgery including pre and post-operative care
- Experience as first assistant in cardiac surgery
Desirable criteria
- Sub-specialty courses
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Competent IT user
- Good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Attendance to courses and seminars
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical research
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable criteria
- Teaching training
Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable criteria
- Management training
- Evidence of participation in the development of clinical services
Other
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mehdi Hasan
- Job title
- Associate Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal contact
Associate Specialist
Audit Lead for Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Workforce Supervisor
Cardiac Surgical Unit
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