Speciality Doctor in Adult Cardiac Surgery (Minimally Invasive Fellow)

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

Clinical: The post-holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Cardiac Surgery services at St.Thomas Hospital, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Training of junior staff:The post-holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her that post-holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:The post-holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.

New Deal & European Working Time Directive (EWTD):

All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with both New Deal and EWTD guidelines.

Educational Programme:

Neither the London Deanery not the Royal College of Surgeons accredits this post for postgraduate training. However, the post-holder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, research clubs etc.

All post-holders will be designated a professional development mentor from among the consultant surgeons with whom a professional development contract will be agreed and reviewed on a regular basis. Special levels of increased responsibility will be agreed for a post-holder in possession of CCT or CCST to improve his or her professional portfolio to encourage and assist application for consultant appointment. It is envisaged that there will be only one post CCT/CCST post-holder.

Appraisal:All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
• MB ChB or equivalent.

Desirable

• MRCS or equivalent, higher degree
• Final year of Cardiothoracic training and should have the FRCS (CTh) or MRCS/AFRCS or international equivalent.

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Independent at routine cardiac surgery. A minimum of 200 cardiac cases as first operator are required to be considered for this post.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Competent IT user
• Good communication skills

Desirable

• Demonstration of knowledge of minimally invasive cardiac surgery through course attendances or pertinent research.

Research

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

• Experience of clinical research

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable

• Teaching training

Management

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management

Desirable

• Management training
• Evidence of participation in the development of clinical services

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.

UK Registration

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