Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 317-CON-26-235
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/10/2026
Employer heading
Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
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
Consultant Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgeon - Organ Perfusion, Mechanical Circulatory Support & Cardiac Surgery
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join a long-established cardiothoracic service that has spanned nearly 40 years of experience in cardiothoracic transplantation. We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Surgeon in a substantive position whose primary role will be to support cardiothoracic transplantation (implantation), National organ retrieval service (NORS) (including DCD, NRP), ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom.
The prospective candidate will be required to support the Newcastle Organ Assessment Hub (NOAH) which is being developed as part of a multi-organ Assessment and Recovery Centre (ARC). Applicants should have experience in the full range of routine and emergency adult cardiac surgery with a proven ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. This prospective appointment will join a current team of 6 consultant cardiac and transplant surgeons.
Main duties of the job
Applicants should be independent in cardiac and lung transplantation/retrieval and are required to manage donor offers, carry out heart and also lung transplantation surgery and be involved in post-operative care, ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. In addition, the applicant should be independent in donor retrievals and have had experience in mechanical circulatory support (including ECMO, Impella, temporary and durable VADs). There will be mentorship and clinical support for prospective colleagues.
Working for our organisation
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity, please contact:
Mr. V. Dronavalli, Clinical Director Cardiothoracic Services and/ or
Dr. G. Meachery, Joint Director for the Cardiothoracic Transplant Service
Tel: 0191 2137469/ 0191 2231727
Email: [email protected] /[email protected]
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post encompasses a substantive consultant position with expertise in heart and lung transplantation, ex-vivo lung perfusion and recovery, organ retrieval, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and cardiac surgery. The prospective post holder will be expected to provide service and cover duties within the heart and lung transplant programme, the MCS service, as well as transplant clinics, ward rounds and working within a well established multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities for involvement in conventional cardiac surgery.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- FRCS (C-Th) or equivalent
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Recognised training in heart and lung transplantation in the form of a National or International Fellowship or similar.
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
- Ability to perform heart and lung transplantation.
- NHSBT sign off for adult donor retrievals (DBD/DCD Lung)
- Evidence of training and experience in ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP)
- Experience in MCS insertion and management – Impella, ECMO, BIVAD, durable VAD
- Independent to perform organ retrieval for heart and lung transplantation
- Independent in conventional adult cardiac surgery
Desirable criteria
- Previous Consultant level experience.
- Evidence of training and experience in machine perfusion of donor hearts (OCS)
- NHSBT sign off for adult and paediatric donor
- NHSBT sign off for adult DCD Heart
- NHSBT sign off for adult NRP
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance. Demonstrates evidence in transplant service development.
Desirable criteria
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of audit or clinical governance lead
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Developing departmental SOPs for new technologies
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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