Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. 

These posts are well suited but not limited – to Junior Doctors-in-training, wanting to have exposure to Paediatric Cardiology with aim to enhance their experience for career progression or as out-of-programme experience. The post provides exposure to all aspects of Congenital Heart Disease.

During the appointment, you will be attached to the Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in ward rounds with senior colleagues and involved with outpatient day cases. During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions. There is a formal teaching within the department including participation in journal club. 

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.

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.

Main duties of the job

To care for patients with Congenital Heart Diseases and patients in heart failure pre and post heart transplantation.

·       One post full-time (40hrs per week) fixed term to commence April 2025 for twelve months.

·       Two posts full-time (40hrs per week) fixed term to commence 6 August 2025 until 4 August 2026.

·       One post part time (20hrs per week) fixed term to commence August 2025 / September 2025 for six months. 

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Abbas Khushnood, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist on 0191 2336161 Ext 37318 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.