Trust Doctor in Cardiothoracic Surgery(ST1-2)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust invites applications for a Trust Doctor in Cardiothoracic Surgery (ST1-2) based at Hammersmith Hospital, London. The post offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with full-time hours (40 per week) and a salary range of £45,715 to £59,406 per annum plus London weighting.

The role focuses on pre- and post-operative care within a multidisciplinary cardiothoracic team, with opportunities to develop operative skills, participate in teaching, audits and clinical

Qualifications

• GMC registration as Medical Practitioner.
• Expertise in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care/HDU.
• Experience in and evidence of independent decision-making out-of-hours.

Responsibilities

• Pre-operative assessment and preparation of patients for thoracic surgery.
• Operating supervision and training of junior staff and Surgical Care Practitioners.
• Post-operative critical care and ward-level care for cardiothoracic patients.
• Contribute to clinical audits and teaching activities.
• Maintain accurate clinical records as per GMC guidance.

Skills

GMC registration

Cardiothoracic surgery expertise

Intensive Care & High Dependency

Education

MB,BS or equivalent medical qualification

Job description

Trust Doctor in Cardiothoracic Surgery(ST1-2)

MN35

Main area Cardiology Grade MN35 Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 290-TDPD-161

Site Hammermsith Hospital Town London Salary £45,715 - £59,406 per annum +LDN Weighting Closing Today at 18:00

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial was formed as a result of the merger betweenthe departments at St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals in 2010. The recognised areas of expertise in those departments has been retained and we offer all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery except forcardiopulmonary transplantation. There is specific expertise in complex aortic surgery, minimally-invasive surgery and mitral valve repair.

In thoracic surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (via multi-, bi-, or uniport) is routine foranatomical and lesser lung resection as well as in surgery for pleural and mediastinal pathology. Most lung resections are performed using VATS following recent investment to update the equipmentrequired for those procedures. The Robotic programme is also ready to launch in June 2026 with the purchase of an up-to-date Da Vinci system for Robotic assisted thoracoscopic procedures (RATS) at Hammersmith Hospital once a week. There is very close collaboration with Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Interventional Radiology.

This post would be especially suited for a dynamic surgeon with prior experience in Thoracic Surgery at ST1-2 level wishing to expand their experience to progress in their career in either of the specialities, wishing to progress to CCT in Cardiac or Thoracic Surgery

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

Main duties of the job

Pre-operative assessment and preparation of patients to undergo thoracic surgery, in outpatients, for urgent referrals (including emergency trauma cover at St Mary’s site) and the specific cardiothoracic pre-assessment clinics

Capacity to be a competent operating surgeon with direct or indirect supervision and also assisting the consultants in the operating theatres as required and providing training/supervision to more junior staff and Surgical Care Practitioners, as appropriate

Continuing responsibilities for post-operative critical care of the patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery and subsequent Level 0/1 care on the wards

Post-operative follow-up of patients in the outpatient, chest drain or would clinics, working with where indicated

Partaking in the middle-grade on-call rota

The accurate and timely recording of clinical data, both written & electronic, as outlined in the Principles of Good Medical Practice described by the GMC, participation in clinical audit and familiarity with Trust IT and information systems

Communicating effectively with both junior and senior medical colleagues, nursing staff (including Clinical Nurse Specialists for Lung and Cardiothoracic ANPs for ward care), HCSs/AHPs and other hospital staff. Particularly good communication skills with patients, their relatives and carers.

There will be opportunities to make presentations and to be involved in teaching

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Pre-operative assessment and preparation of patients to undergo thoracic surgery, inoutpatients, for urgent referrals (including emergency trauma cover at St Mary’s site) and thespecificcardiothoracicpre-assessmentclinics.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• On GMC registered/ licensed Medical Practitioner
• MB,BS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCS or equivalent
• FRCS or equivalent

Relevant Experience in Specialty/Sub Specialty

• Full GMC registration / licensed Medical Practitioner
• Expertise in and significant experience of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care & High Dependency patient management at senior ST 3+ level
• Evidence of previous achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMS standards in Good Medical Practice including: Good clinical care maintaining good medical practice good relationships and communication with patients good working relationships with colleagues good teaching and training professional behaviour and probity delivery of good acute clinical care.
• Evidence of competence and significant experience of appropriate independent decision- making out-of-hours (when not directly supervised)
• Evidence of safe conduct of common clinical procedures in Cardio-thoracic surgery including insertion of chest drains, surgical access to the chest (in elective and urgent or emergent trauma situations), ability to assist and perform simple video assisted and open thoracic surgical procedures
• Evidence of maintaining validated and appropriately anonymized logbook of outcomes in Cardio-Thoracic surgical procedures
• Familiarity and ability to perform simple diagnostic bronchoscopy
• Keenness to learn and demonstrate insight into career progression in Thoracic surgery

Clinical Skills

• Acute care safe: up-to-date (C)ALS. Out of hours experience relevant to the job
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job; specialty knowledge exam
• Clinical judgment: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Knowing when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
• Practical skills: shows excellent aptitude for practical skills required in the job
• Proven ability to work effectively in the various different clinical settings required in the job
• To be technically able in this complex, testing and highly technical surgical specialty
• Competence and significant experience in the pre-operative assessment, continuing post- operative critical care and ongoing clinical management of patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery
• Evidence of accuracy, care and timely recording of all necessary clinical data, both written and electronic
• CALS certificate or ALS instructor certificate
• An excellent understanding of and enthusiasm for the intricacies of cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy and physiology and cardiac and thoracic pathology
• Hospital at night team working/experience

Audit

• Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making
• Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
• Evidence of active participation in audit.
• Evidence of active participation in auditResearch skills: Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research; evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
• Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job

Academic Achievements including Research/Publications

• Publication(s) or research in Thoracic surgery

Language Skills

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, which could be demonstrated by one of the following
• applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English
• applicants have scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent equal to those required for recruitment to MMC specialty training programs

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.