Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)
- Job ref
- 317-CON-24-206
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/01/2025
Employer heading
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Consultant
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, gender, 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.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The appointees will join the current team of fifteen adult cardiothoracic anaesthetists and intensivists who provide cardiothoracic anaesthesia, intensive care and some non-cardiothoracic anaesthetic services. Applicants should have the FRCA (or equivalent), possess or be eligible for the CCST in anaesthesia, and must have completed a minimum of one year subspecialty training in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, as well as experience in heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
· The post is suitable for those candidates who wish to pursue a career in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care. This post is required to continue to develop and support the department for significant cardiac and thoracic surgical workload.
· The on-call consultant rota will be undertaken in conjunction with other consultant colleagues to provide cover for emergency work including transplantation in cardiothoracic theatres, cardiology catheter labs and cardiac critical care areas.
· There is a significant commitment to research, audit and training of Trust Grade doctors, specialist trainees and critical care practitioners.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Henning Pauli on 0191 2137488, or via email at [email protected]
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
· Provision of anaesthesia for a wide spectrum of cardiac, cardiology and thoracic surgical procedures including thoracic transplantation and MCS
· Provision of Intensive Care for a wide spectrum of complex postoperative surgical patients including transplantation, short and long-term MCS as well as critically ill cardiology and heart failure patients
Administrative:
· Active and consistent engagement with clinical governance and audit
· Regular commitment to continuing medical education
· Evidence of reflective practice
Research:
· Significant involvement in clinical research
· Presentations at regional and national meetings
· Experience of conducting research projects
Teaching:
· Ability to participate in the current teaching programs within the Directorate and the Trust.
· Ability to participate with Medical Simulation Training.
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.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- FRCA or equivalent diploma
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Transoesophageal Echocardiography accreditation.
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree.
- Higher qualification in intensive care
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 12 months advanced training in Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care.
- Experience in Cardiac and Lung transplantation and ventricular assist devices and ECMO.
- Minimum of one year experience in the NHS.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with robotic thoracic surgery.
- Experience in management of advanced heart failure.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable criteria
- 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.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- 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 rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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