Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery
Accepting applications until: 23-Aug-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 23-Aug-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Address
- Sydney St
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW3 6NP
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (+ on call requirement (1:8))
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (+ on call requirement (1:8))
Salary
- Salary
- £76,582 per annum pro rata, excl. London Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery)
Specialty
- Main area
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery
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
To assist the consultant staff in the preoperative assessment, operative and postoperative management of patients under their care. In addition, clinical Trust fellows have a responsibility for administrative issues including staffing clinics, arranging operation lists, the organisation and staffing of lists and overseeing preoperative and postoperative care. This should include regular ward rounds and providing in and out of hours clinical cover when on-call.
This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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To co-ordinate and supervise the admission and discharge of patients from the unit. Responsible for maintaining accurate notes, up-to-date cardiac monthly audit and for recording patient details in the database. To take charge of all patients in the unit under the direction of the consultant surgeon to which you are attached. Co-ordinate and supervise the work of all the junior medical staff. Operating duties are directly or indirectly supervised and specific targets in operative experience as prospectively set out should be achieved.
The senior post holders will principally be assigned to one consultant but occasionally may be required to provide support to other firms. The junior post holders will rotate between the consultant firms and be fully involved in a range of cardiothoracic work. In addition to providing immediate cover to patients in cardiac recovery and on the general cardiothoracic ward, the postholder will provide cover for intensive care emergencies. Consultant cover will be available at all times
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is amongst the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients from across the world in cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, renal and orthopaedic services as well as a full range of hospital and community services for people in south east London.
Our Trust includes St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Evelina London Children's Hospital, and community services in Lambeth and Southwark.
Our Trust has 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. Together with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (RB&HH) became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and amongst the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex heart and lung conditions, carrying out some of the most complicated surgery and offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Attend and assist in the out-patient clinics, taking responsibility to ensure adequate staffing for the clinic and to facilitate its efficient running in any other way. Clinic letters must be dictated promptly.
- Attend consultant ward rounds.
- Make formal ward rounds daily including at weekends and holidays as part of the on-call responsibilities. These rounds should be considered a teaching opportunity for more junior staff.
- Participation in the relevant rota will depend on clinical experience of the successful candidate. Out of hours responsibilities include:
- Night-time supervision of care of surgical patients including those in the Intensive Care Unit/Recovery Unit and communicate appropriately with the responsible consultant regarding major problems arising with that consultants’ patients.
- Weekend on-call responsibilities include ward rounds as well as participation in emergency operations and assessment of in-patients or outside referrals.
- Advise on the discharge of patients under the care of the cardiothoracic surgical consultants.
- Ensure that the theatre cases are appropriately staffed.
- Ensuring that junior staff are involved at an appropriate level wherever possible. Junior staff must be assigned to cases whenever ward responsibilities permits.
- Ensuring that adequate junior level assistants are available to help open and close cases performed under the direction of, or with the assistance of, a consultant.
- Ensuring that all cases are sent for promptly and facilitating the efficient transfer of patients if required.
- Ensuring that communication is maintained with the relatives of patients.
- Ensure that either the operating surgeon or senior level assistant involved in the operation complete all appropriate data entry tasks at the conclusion of the operation. In addition, the principal operator should be responsible for creating a suitable operation note, which accurately records the events of the procedure. If operations are delayed or cancelled, the post holders are responsible for communicating with the wards appropriately and explaining the situation to the patients.
- Communicate with the consultant staff regarding their respective theatre schedules individually and co-ordinate hospital admission in an integrated and coherent manner such that hospital beds are utilised most efficiently. This may require suggesting modifications to the planned admissions schedule to individual consultants on the basis of in-patient referrals, emergency cases or theatre cancellations. Participation in weekly planning meetings is required.
- Maintain knowledge of the active waiting list for your consultant and participate in their selection for admission and surgery in a manner that is equitable for patients as much as possible.
- Be involved in the evaluation of patients referred to the service, particularly in-patient referrals.
- Respond to queries from the patients and their GP’s (both by telephone and letter) regarding their position on the waiting list and anticipated time of operation.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training:
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration 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
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate independent operating within adult cardiac surgery
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team. Good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Training in health services management
Research and Audit
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of an understanding of the principles of audit and its application to clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Research or other publications in peer review journals
Management:
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills The ability to use information technology An awareness of and positive attitude to equal opportunities issues within healthcare and education
Good Medical Practice:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cesare Quarto
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
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