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Trust Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery (ST3)

Job details
Posting date: 02 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £55,329 - £63,152 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 02 May 2024
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
Company: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6196103/317-TD-23-258-A

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Summary

A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


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.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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 atmuhammad.mohamedmydin@nhs.net

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, 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.

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
• 2ndon-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


This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Apr 2024

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