Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 134,000 - 175,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon to support heart and lung transplantation, organ retrieval, and ex-vivo lung perfusion at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. The role involves leading the transplant programme, managing donor offers, and contributing to the MCS service within a multidisciplinary team.

The post requires independent donor retrievals, experience in ECMO/Impella and durable VADs, and a track record of senior

Qualifications

Primary Medical Qualification.
Full GMC Registration.
FRCS (C-Th) or equivalent.
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from AAC).
National or International Fellowship in heart and lung transplantation.

Responsibilities

Perform heart and lung transplantation and retrievals as a lead clinician.
Manage donor offers, undertake transplantation and post-operative care.
Contribute to MCS service, EVLP, NOAH/ARC activities and multidisciplinary meetings.

Skills

Transplant surgery expertise

Independent donor retrievals

Mechanical circulatory support

Multidisciplinary team work

Consultant-level experience

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC Registration

FRCS (C-Th) or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register entry

Fellowship in heart/lung transplantation

Job description

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Employer heading

Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

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, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon - Organ Perfusion, Mechanical Circulatory Support & Cardiac Surgery

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join a long-established cardiothoracic service that has spanned nearly 40 years of experience in cardiothoracic transplantation. We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Surgeon in a substantive position whose primary role will be to support cardiothoracic transplantation (implantation), National organ retrieval service (NORS) (including DCD, NRP), ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom.

The prospective candidate will be required to support the Newcastle Organ Assessment Hub (NOAH) which is being developed as part of a multi-organ Assessment and Recovery Centre (ARC). Applicants should have experience in the full range of routine and emergency adult cardiac surgery with a proven ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. This prospective appointment will join a current team of 6 consultant cardiac and transplant surgeons.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be independent in cardiac and lung transplantation/retrieval and are required to manage donor offers, carry out heart and also lung transplantation surgery and be involved in post-operative care, ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. In addition, the applicant should be independent in donor retrievals and have had experience in mechanical circulatory support (including ECMO, Impella, temporary and durable VADs). There will be mentorship and clinical support for prospective colleagues.

Working for our organisation

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity, please contact:

Mr. V. Dronavalli, Clinical Director Cardiothoracic Services and/ or

Dr. G. Meachery, Joint Director for the Cardiothoracic Transplant Service

Tel: 0191 2137469/ 0191 2231727

Email: v.dronavalli@nhs.net /g.meachery@nhs.net

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

This post encompasses a substantive consultant position with expertise in heart and lung transplantation, ex-vivo lung perfusion and recovery, organ retrieval, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and cardiac surgery. The prospective post holder will be expected to provide service and cover duties within the heart and lung transplant programme, the MCS service, as well as transplant clinics, ward rounds and working within a well established multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities for involvement in conventional cardiac surgery.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Primary Medical Qualification.
Full GMC Registration.
FRCS (C-Th) or equivalent
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Recognised training in heart and lung transplantation in the form of a National or International Fellowship or similar.

Desirable criteria

Higher Degree.
Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience in the specialty.
Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Ability to perform heart and lung transplantation.
NHSBT sign off for adult donor retrievals (DBD/DCD Lung)
Evidence of training and experience in ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP)
Experience in MCS insertion and management – Impella, ECMO, BIVAD, durable VAD
Independent to perform organ retrieval for heart and lung transplantation
Independent in conventional adult cardiac surgery

Desirable criteria

Previous Consultant level experience.
Evidence of training and experience in machine perfusion of donor hearts (OCS)
NHSBT sign off for adult and paediatric donor
NHSBT sign off for adult DCD Heart
NHSBT sign off for adult NRP

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
An understanding of Clinical Governance. Demonstrates evidence in transplant service development.

Desirable criteria

Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
Evidence of leadership / project management.
Evidence of audit or clinical governance lead
Evidence of having implemented change.
Developing departmental SOPs for new technologies
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable criteria

Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential criteria

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.

Desirable criteria

Higher degree.
Research/critical review of literature.
Publications in the last five years.

Audit

Essential criteria

Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result the application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

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.

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