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Main area
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Grade
Trust Doctor
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (6 August 2025 - 4 August 2026)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on-call)
Job ref
317-TD-25-173
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Adult Surgery Cardiothoracic Practitioners
Town
Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary
£61,825 - £70,425 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

CLINICAL FELLOW IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (ST3+ EQUIVALENT)

Trust Doctor

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. 

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. 

This post is suitable for an individual seeking to enter specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery, or someone who has passed their fellowship exams looking for subspecialty experience. There will be opportunity to gain experience in transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. 

Candidates must possess good clinical/operative skills and have excellent communication skills, with an ability to work well within the team. 

This post is available from 6 August 2025 until 4 August 2026.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint an extremely motivated and ambitious trust doctor (registrar ST3+) to join our team of 8 clinical fellows/trust doctors who provide middle grade cover for our service. The registrar will be supported by an excellent team of advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) on the ward as well as 3 surgical care practitioners (SCPs) in theatre. This post is for a doctor who has completed CST training who wishes to gain some more clinical and operative experience in cardiothoracic or for a more senior trainee/surgeon who would like to develop further subspecialty interest including MCS and transplant.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr. Muhammad Izanee Mydin on 0191 233 6161 (ext: 39566), or via email at [email protected]

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

·       Day to day care of pre- and post-operative cardiac and thoracic surgery patients on the wards, clinics and theatres

·       Perform operations as a first operator (with consultant supervision) if appropriate as well as assist in theatres depending on the level of experience

·       Attend outpatient clinics to see new or follow patients under the supervision of the consultant

·       2nd on-call for any ICU/HDU/ward emergencies for cardiothoracic surgical patients (1:8 resident on-call)

·       Reviewing patients daily, requesting appropriate investigation and treating the patients appropriately

·       Take and see referrals for cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, liaising with the on-call consultant surgeons

·       Seeks timely assistance from senior colleagues when appropriate

Administrative:

·       Ensuring accurate and representative entries are made in the case notes

·       Filling out referrals to MDTs and requesting investigations in a timely fashion 

Research/Audit:

·       Participate actively in local audit and presentations; as well as attend the monthly M&M meetings

·       Participate in any research activity and submit abstracts to meetings; present at national/international meetings 

Teaching:

·       Attend the cardiothoracic weekly teaching and journal club

·       Present at the weekly teaching

·       Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff/medical and nursing students if appropriate 

Flexibility: 

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend.  As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice at the time of application
  • Ability to work in the UK
Desirable criteria
  • Completed core surgical training
  • MRCS or any equivalent diplomas

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good history & examination skills
  • Able to formulate a working diagnosis
  • Able to order appropriate investigations
  • Image interpretation relevant to practice
  • Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
  • Current ALS registration
  • Paid NHS experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience as a registrar in cardiothoracic surgery
  • CALS/ATLS

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential criteria
  • Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments, log books
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to take responsibility for own learning
  • Attending courses and conference for CPD

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Desirable criteria
  • Formal teaching of medical/nursing students
  • Train the trainers course
  • Faculty of any courses

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of audit projects
  • Evidence of presentations at meetings
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of closing the audit loop
  • Involved in writing local departmental guidelines
  • Evidence of publications relevant to the specialty
  • Evidence of presentations at national/international meetings

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
  • Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of rota management

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Alignment with the Trust’s Values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD
  • Time management skills
  • Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership skills
  • Attendance at a management/leadership course
  • IT literate

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly Employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Scorfield
Job title
HR Advisor
Email address
[email protected]
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