Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Due to working closely with local universities, we play a vital role in teaching the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Our location offers the opportunity to balance a quality lifestyle with a very rewarding working career. The hospital is 40 minutes from Nottingham East Midland Airport with easy road and rail access for the wider Midlands and Northern areas. Leicestershire and Rutland offer areas of natural beauty and some excellent schools all within a short distance of the hospital., We are seeking a colleague who has been specifically trained in Thoracic Surgery who will complement the existing service. Other than the weekly surgical activity, the aims of this job is to also have a prominent role in the perioperative management of patients undergoing Thoracic surgery, focusing on improving clinical outcomes, reducing complication rates and improve the perioperative patient care. To provide a single and solid point of contact for primary and secondary care to ensure the individual needs of the Thoracic patient is the goal of the present post along with the need for surgical patients to be carefully coordinated from the time of contemplation of surgery to a period of many months following the operation.

Applications are invited for the above post to join our Thoracic Surgery team. The successful candidate will join the existing team of 3 consultants. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest teaching hospitals in England, is made up of three hospitals after joining together in 2000; The General, The Glenfield and the Royal Infirmary. We deliver a high quality of specialist care in particular; cancer, renal and Cardio-Thoracic services, having both a national and international reputation. We are at the forefront of many research programs and new surgical procedures including the research into diabetes, genetics, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and the keyhole heart valve surgery. We are also excited for the implementation of our Robotic Surgery., The new appointee will work alongside the current Thoraccic surgeons to ensure a comprehensive and co-ordinated service. They will also be expected to help in establishing stronger links with our partner hospitals, and this will entail travel to these.The Consultant will be appraised in their clinical role and advice and support for career progression will be available by the Clinical Director/Head of Service and Lead Clinicians.