Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

VerseOne Group; Basildon; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex Cardiothoracic Centre is advertising a Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon opportunity. You will deliver a comprehensive Thoracic surgical service and participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota, working flexibly with colleagues to meet hospital activity plans.

You will be responsible for coordinating postoperative care, ensuring standards through audits, and introducing new techniques with governance approval where applicable.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is required.
• Experience in thoracic surgical procedures.
• Locum/consultant level expertise preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide a thoracic surgical service of the highest quality and participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota for thoracic emergencies.
• Coordinate post-operative and ward-based care in the absence of colleagues and while on call.
• Ensure new techniques are ethically approved and introduced after governance approval and training where required.
• Participate in annual appraisal and contribute to supervision and training of staff where appropriate.

Skills

Thoracic surgery

Education

GMC registration

Job description

Our Essex Cardiothoracic Centre has an exciting opportunity to appoint a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

You will be expected to work within a dynamic group of surgeons who deliver a comprehensive breadth of Thoracic surgical activity with numerous sub-specialist areas of interest to provide an individual Thoracic Surgical service of the highest quality including, ensuring that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, evidence based research and appraisal. To work flexibly with colleagues to achieve the hospitals agreed planned activity.

Applicants are required to hold full GMC registration.

Main duties of the job

In your role you will be expected to provide a Thoracic surgical service of the highest quality, participate in the out of hours on-call rota for thoracicsurgical emergencies, work flexibly with colleagues to achieve the hospital agreed planned activity for inpatient and outpatient services and ensure that standards are developed through clinical audit, evidence based research and appraisal.

As our Locum Consultant, you are responsible for and expected to ensure effective coordination of all post-operative and ward based clinical care in the absence of colleagues and whilst on call provide input into the discussion and management of patients from external referral sources.

You will ensure that new techniques to the CTC or those new to your practice are ethically approved and introduced after compliance with the Trusts approval and regulatory policies which may require appropriate training, with approval by the clinical service unit lead and clinical governance process with arrangements for evaluation and clinical audit.

You will participate in annual appraisal and contribute to the supervision and training of other staff members where appropriate including Theatre staff and Surgical Care Practitioners.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.