Job summary
The Congenital Cardiac Service at Leeds Teaching
Hospitals Trust is based at the Leeds General Infirmary. Both the childrens
and adult services are located at this site, as well as all necessary
supporting services. The Department is a supra-regional service, serving a
population of 5.5 million in the Yorkshire and North Trent region. The annual
workload of the department is recovering after the pandemic and aiming at 500
operations comprising neonates, infants, children and adults with Congenital
Heart Disease. This post supports the Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeons
and works very closely with the Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologists,
the Intensive care units and the wider multidisciplinary team
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist the Consultant
Surgeons in the operating theatre for 2-3 days per week and supports the
cardiac ICUs and wards. They will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meeting
and departmental audit meetings and attend the outpatient clinic. The post
holder will participate in the 1:5 non-resident on call rota for the Congenital
Cardiac Surgery Service.
About us
Leeds
Childrens Hospital covers 27 medical and surgical specialties and is one of
the largest specialist children's hospitals in the country. We have over 20
inpatient wards, employ over 800 nurses and last year held over 170,000
outpatient appointments and treated over 25,000 surgical patients both electively/non-electively.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is currently embarking on one of the largest and most
high-profile investment, transformation and regeneration programmes in the city
and the wider region. Its Building the Leeds Way Programme aims to transform
healthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region. The investment Programme
include the construction of two new hospitals at the Leeds General Infirmary
(LGI) site one for adults and the other a brand state of the art Childrens
Hospital for Leeds and the surrounding region.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will assist the Consultant
Surgeons in the operating theatre for 2-3 days per week and supports the
cardiac ICUs and wards. They will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meeting
and departmental audit meetings and attend the outpatient clinic. The post
holder will participate in the 1:5 non-resident on call rota for the Congenital
Cardiac Surgery Service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will assist the Consultant
Surgeons in the operating theatre for 2-3 days per week and supports the
cardiac ICUs and wards. They will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meeting
and departmental audit meetings and attend the outpatient clinic. The post
holder will participate in the 1:5 non-resident on call rota for the Congenital
Cardiac Surgery Service.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrates probity (displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality)
- Show an example of your commitment to personal and professional development
- Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme(s)
- Evidence of self-reflective practice
Experience
Essential
- Do you have 12 months experience after full GMC registration or equivalent?
- Give an example of how you have made the care of the patient your first concern
- Give an example of how you took prompt action when you thought patient safety, dignity or comfort was being compromised.
- How would you protect and promote the health of patients and of the public?
- Give an example of how you have treated a patient as an individual and respected their dignity?
- Demonstrate your experience within adult cardiac surgery.
- Demonstrate your experience within congenital cardiac surgery.
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- How have you been able to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgment to problems?
- Give an example of when you have prioritised clinical need.
- Give an example of when you have had to undertake the initial management or an acutely ill patient.
- Demonstrate your capacity to work effectively with others
- Demonstrate your capacity to prioritise own workload & organise ward rounds
- Evidence of thoroughness (is well prepared, shows self-discipline/ commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines)
- Give an example of when you have had to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Describe a situation when you have had to operate under pressure
Desirable
- Show evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
- Show evidence of involvement in an audit project, a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement
- or demonstrates an interest in and commitment to the specialty beyond the mandatory curriculum
- Describe any involvement you have had in teaching.
- Do you hold Instructor status (or a recommendation for instructor status) in an advanced life support course (ALS, ATLS, EPLS, APLS) or equivalent course
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCS 1 or equivalent at time of application
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Are you eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date. Please give details of your GMC reference number and expiry date.
- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Do you have/will you have an Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date
- Are you up to date and fit to practise safely and aware of your own training needs.
- Do you have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
- Can you give examples of what qualifications you have taken to support this?
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrates probity (displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality)
- Show an example of your commitment to personal and professional development
- Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme(s)
- Evidence of self-reflective practice
Experience
Essential
- Do you have 12 months experience after full GMC registration or equivalent?
- Give an example of how you have made the care of the patient your first concern
- Give an example of how you took prompt action when you thought patient safety, dignity or comfort was being compromised.
- How would you protect and promote the health of patients and of the public?
- Give an example of how you have treated a patient as an individual and respected their dignity?
- Demonstrate your experience within adult cardiac surgery.
- Demonstrate your experience within congenital cardiac surgery.
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- How have you been able to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgment to problems?
- Give an example of when you have prioritised clinical need.
- Give an example of when you have had to undertake the initial management or an acutely ill patient.
- Demonstrate your capacity to work effectively with others
- Demonstrate your capacity to prioritise own workload & organise ward rounds
- Evidence of thoroughness (is well prepared, shows self-discipline/ commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines)
- Give an example of when you have had to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Describe a situation when you have had to operate under pressure
Desirable
- Show evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
- Show evidence of involvement in an audit project, a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement
- or demonstrates an interest in and commitment to the specialty beyond the mandatory curriculum
- Describe any involvement you have had in teaching.
- Do you hold Instructor status (or a recommendation for instructor status) in an advanced life support course (ALS, ATLS, EPLS, APLS) or equivalent course
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCS 1 or equivalent at time of application
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Are you eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date. Please give details of your GMC reference number and expiry date.
- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Do you have/will you have an Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date
- Are you up to date and fit to practise safely and aware of your own training needs.
- Do you have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
- Can you give examples of what qualifications you have taken to support this?
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
