Locum Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham

Locum Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 12 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 64eff6fb8f3d4c44827b2b127dd1b01d

Full Job Description

The post involves working within the department to provide clinical care for elective and emergency cardiac surgical patients. The on-call rota is 1 in 7 for general cardiac surgical emergencies and cardiothoracic trauma. The post also includes a commitment to the adult cardiopulmonary transplant and mechanical support service.

The job plan will be based on 10 PAs with the possibility to increase this to 12 by mutual agreement. It includes fixed operating lists and a weekly out-patient clinic as well as departmental clinical and quality of care meetings. The transplant component includes weekly meetings and involvement in the implantation rota., The appointee must be adequately trained in adult cardiac surgery and be on the GMC Specialist Register. They must have sufficient ability and experience to manage routine elective and emergency patients. Experience in cardiopulmonary transplantation will be highly desirable. They will need experience in retrieval, and heart and lung implantation surgery as well as all aspects of mechanical support.

In addition, they should be able to manage their own time and work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team. They must be compassionate and a good communicator with evidence of good leadership skills. A working knowledge of the role and importance of management in the NHS is required. The appointee should be able to demonstrate experience in directing, leading and teaching medical, nursing and other professions allied to medicine as well as experience in research and quality improvement.

The appointee will have responsibility for patients under his/her care within the context of a multidisciplinary team structure and take part in the on call rota for transplantation and mechanical support as well as cardiac surgical emergencies.

They will play a role in meeting the Department's contracted obligations for the provision of cardiac surgery services and in ensuring that the overall performance of the unit meets appropriate quality criteria.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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