Senior Specialty Fellow in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to complement a team of 4 existing congenital cardiac consultant surgeons. As part of the current service expansion, you will be expected to help cope with a growing surgical workload, including the recently fully commissioned cardiac and non-cardiac ECMO services in both paediatric and ACHD patients. The post may present an opportunity for further employment in the context of a succession plan, subject to the appointees experience and competence.

Unlike other surgical programs, up to 30-40% of the operations performed at UHS are conducted following dual consultant operation (DCO) model, which is built upon the mentoring system in use at UHS. Upon successful application, you will enter a surgical mentoring program, to develop a safe and progressively independent operator status for low and medium complexity lesions.

Depending on the experience of the appointee, the program will be tailored to maximise learning opportunities while maintaining good clinical governance. Your sub-specialty interests which may complement the existing expertise in the department will be taken into consideration.

You will assist and will be assisted in carrying out congenital cardiac theatre lists, on-call duties and out-patient clinics for paediatric and ACHD patients at UHS.

Patients are referred by their cardiologist for surgery and a surgical plan agreed in multi-disciplinary meetings. You are expected to carry out theatre lists every day, and under the current expansion plan, these should amount to 7-8 per week.

The daytime and out of hours congenital surgical on-call duties are shared by all consultants. This involves the surgical management of emergency referrals, PICU, NICU, CICU and providing cardiac surgical input as required on these units. You will be expected to participate in these activities, work with junior colleagues from the surgical rota, and provide some out-of-hours supervised cover, subject to job plan and expertise.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Appointment will be made under local contractual terms and conditions of service for Trust appointed (non-training fellow doctors and dentists). Successful candidates will have an educational framework equivalent to training grade doctors, and there will be a named educational supervisor assigned at the start of the post. The opportunity for Continued Professional Development (CPD) is highly supported and encouraged by the Trust, with options available to take study leave. All licensed doctors must meet the GMC requirements for revalidation and there will be an annual appraisal to support this process.

Grades for Trust appointed (non-training) fellows will be paid a basic salary at a nodal pay point linked to the grade, at the rate set out in the National Medical and Dental pay circular.

Basic salary detailed below plus any additional remuneration (as applicable) for hours set out in the doctors work schedule (e.g. additional hours, weekend allowance, and any hours which attract enhanced pay)

Basic Salary MT05 £70,425 Travelling expenses will not be paid for attending interview Please note that GMC registration (with a licence to practice) and right to work in the UK are essential for this role. Successful applicants will already have GMC registration or will be able to demonstrate they are eligible. Applicants requiring Tier 2 sponsorship should ensure they meet the Home Office application criteria prior to submitting an application.

Interviews will be held on 07-July-25

Job Reference; 188-MD40525

This vacancy closes on or before 22nd June 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications, Training & Experience

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• FRCS (CTh)
• Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• Wide-ranging experience of paediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgery, experience of performing the basic congenital cardiac surgical operations as primary surgeon, experience of managing cardiac surgical patients throughout the patient pathway
• Able to assist in the whole spectrum of congenital cardiac operations

Desirable

• Higher Degree of MS/MD UK university equivalent
• Evidence of special interest in ECMO

Aptitudes and skills

Essential

• Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English).
• Demonstrate good organisational skills including ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly
• Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Car driver, with full driving licence, or ability to travel independently between hospital sites or for necessary patient visits

Living Trust Values

Essential

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Address

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton

SO16 6YD

Employer's website

https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)