Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery (ST6+)

VerseOne Group; Basildon; Vor Ort; GBP 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

VerseOne Group invites applications for a Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Cardiothoracic Team. The role supports the efficient running of cardiac services, with a focus on teaching, supervision, and the development of multidisciplinary care pathways.

You will work across emergency, urgent and elective streams, provide supervision to junior staff, participate in on-call duties, and collaborate with Consultants to optimise patient care and discharge planning within the unit.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 3–4 years' experience in cardiothoracic surgery as stated in the posting.
• Strong teaching and supervisory capabilities within a surgical unit.
• Excellent communication with Consultants and multidisciplinary teams.

Aufgaben

• Help run aortic surveillance clinics and outpatient clinics; ensure prompt dictation of letters.
• Perform daily ward rounds, including weekends and bank holidays when on-call, with teaching opportunities.
• Participate in MDT meetings and Clinical Audit Day; uphold standards via audit and appraisal.
• Organise and participate in out-of-hours cover for the unit.
• On-call responsibilities include night supervision of surgical patients in HDU/ICU.

Kenntnisse

Teaching

Clinical supervision

Communication with Consultants

On-call duties

Ausbildung

Cardiothoracic surgery experience (3-4 years)

Jobbeschreibung

• Help with efficient running of the aortic surveillance clinics.
• Attend and assist at Outpatients clinics taking responsibility to facilitate their efficient running and ensure clinic letters are dictated promptly.
• Make formal ward rounds daily including at weekends and bank holidays when on-call. These rounds should be considered a teaching opportunity.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary clinical meetings and monthly Clinical Audit Day and ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, evidence based research and appraisal.
• Organise (where required) and participate in out of hours cover for the unit.
• On-call responsibilities include: Night time supervision of care of surgical patients including those in the High Dependency Unit and the Intensive Care Unit.
• You will be required to communicate appropriately with the Consultants regarding the management of patients.
• Weekend on-call responsibilities including ward rounds and participation in emergency operations and assessment of in-patients as well as external referrals.
• Advise on the discharge of patients under the care of the cardiothoracic surgical Consultants.
• Perform surgery appropriate to experience under the direction of, or with the assistance of, the Consultant.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our trust we are looking for a highly motivated , caring and compassionate Senior Clinical Fellow to join our Cardiothoracic Team.

You will be working with the team to facilitate smooth functioning of the Surgery Programme of the Unit which includes management of the patients coming through emergency, urgent and elective streams. You must be able to work flexibly with colleagues including Clinical Fellows and Consultants to achieve the hospital's agreed planned activity for in-patient and out-patient services. You will provide supervision to the surgical care practitioner and the foundation year trainees within the unit. You must evidence a minimum of 3-4 years' experience in cardiothoracic surgery within you application without this you application will not proceed.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing 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.