Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

Integrated Care System; Oxford; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oxford Heart Centre is seeking a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon to join their team at John Radcliffe Hospital. The role involves contributing to adult cardiac surgical services and participating in teaching and clinical governance activities. The post-holder will receive mentorship and support in developing referral pathways.

Qualifications

• Consultant-level experience in adult cardiac surgery or equivalent.
• Evidence of decision-making ability at consultant level.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to adult cardiac surgical provision including operating lists and ward rounds.
• Provide on-call emergency cover for adult cardiac surgery on a 1:6 rota.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Administrative skills

Education

FRCS(C-Th)

GMC registration

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

The closing date is 16 August 2025

We are recruiting a substantive Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. The Oxford Heart Centre is a busy tertiary cardiac centre, offering cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical services to all the surrounding districts. The post-holder will contribute to adult cardiac surgical provision within the Trust.

The post-holder will be provided with appropriate office facilities and secretarial support to fulfil this role. This is a replacement post with an established referral base, but the post-holder will be encouraged and supported to develop new referral pathways.

Main duties of the job

The postholder's duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.

It is expected that the post-holder will contribute to adult cardiac surgical provision within the Trust including out-patient clinics, operating lists, and ward rounds. The post-holder will provide on-call emergency cover for adult cardiac surgery on a 1:6 rota including a regular weekend ward round. The post-holder will be provided with appropriate office facilities (shared office, networked PC) and secretarial support to fulfil this role. This is a replacement post with an established referral base, but the post-holder will be encouraged and supported to develop new referral pathways.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

It is expected that the post-holder will contribute to adult cardiac surgical provision within the Trust including out-patient clinics, operating lists, and ward rounds. The post-holder will provide on-call emergency cover for adult cardiac surgery on a 1:6 rota including a regular weekend ward round. The post-holder will be provided with appropriate office facilities (shared office, networked PC) and secretarial support to fulfil this role. This is a replacement post with an established referral base, but the post-holder will be encouraged and supported to develop new referral pathways.

Teaching/Research

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The post-holder will be offered the resources required to support their professional revalidation.

The post-holder will be offered personal and clinical mentorship by a senior consultant within the department according to their sub-specialty interest(s). Mentorship from a senior consultant will be available during the working week and over on-call weekday nights and weekends.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. The post-holder will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients, and the running of their clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Person Specification

Experience

• Training in adult cardiac surgery to specialist level or equivalent.
• Consultant-level experience
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Potential to develop and grow in experience within a team structure
• Consultant-level experience in the management of non-selective cardiothoracic on call
• A specific sub-interest, e.g. mitral valve surgery or aortic surgery

Qualifications/Qualifications

• GMC
• FRCS(C-Th) or qualification of an equivalent level.
• CCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview
• CESR or ? European Community Rights

Skills & Knowledge

• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Peer-reviewed publications
• Knowledge of the current organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for its modernisation
• Management training and experience
• Formal clinical governance, quality improvement, or similar role
• Experience in human factors and simulation-based team training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT