Job overview

Manchester NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Specialty Registrar in CT Surgery.

The post is based at Wythenshawe Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, which provides a wide range of inpatient and acute services, with approximately 1000 beds. The
large tertiary cardiothoracic unit includes the specialties of cardiology, cardiac and thoracic surgery, heart & lung transplantation, as well as
offering VAD and ECMO services.

The cardiac and thoracic surgery specialties offer a wide range of adult cardiac surgery, and sole provision of thoracic surgery in Greater
Manchester. There are currently 47 cardiothoracic surgery beds, and 16 transplant beds, along with 31 dedicated cardio-thoracic critical care
beds.
Outpatients are based in the dedicated clinic suite of the North West Heart Centre. The post holder would also be expected to support an
established satellite clinic at one of our local hospitals.
Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other
applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is
available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join our 
cardiothoracic surgery department as part of the Registrar team. This team consists of 14 
registrars, who are a combination of Higher Clinical Fellows (HCFs), Associate Specialists and 
Higher Surgical Trainees (HSTs). The number of HSTs in the department at any time ranges from 
two to five. All colleagues working on this rota will be allocated to a named consultant surgeon 
and will undertake their core activities with that named consultant. Consultant & registrar
pairings will be rotated on a 6-monthly basis. HCFs are afforded the same training opportunities 
as HSTs. The successful candidate can expect to attend operating theatres and outpatient clinics 
on a regular basis, with the opportunity to gain experience across the spectrum of cardiothoracic 
surgery including mechanical circulatory support and cardiopulmonary transplantation

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.