Job summary
Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
259-MED556SBH
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a locum consultant thoracic surgeon to join the Barts Thorax Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust.The appointment will be for 6 months in the first instance.
Barts Health NHS trust is the largest NHS Trust in the UK serving a population of 2.5 million. The Barts Thorax Centre is an integrated unit designed around the patient journey, bringing together thoracic surgery, respiratory medicine and thoracic oncology at a single location. This is strengthened by co-location with the Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiovascular centre in Europe, and the Barts Cancer Centre, with their extensive research infrastructure, allowing immediate and on site care of their most common comorbidities. Our facilities include two surgical robots dedicated to thoracic surgery, a hybrid theatre for image-guided procedures, robotic bronchoscopy and navigation bronchoscopy amongst the 10 theatre suite.
The successful applicant will join a growing department of thoracic surgery which offers the full spectrum of thoracic surgery and is expanding its activity. The department has its own dedicated facilities including new, spacious wards and a dedicated team of junior doctors. You will participate in the general thoracic surgery service provision and will have the opportunity to develop superspecialist services including robotic surgery and robotic bronchoscopy.
Main duties of the job
Barts Health is looking for a Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon. This is an exciting position with opportunity for the successful applicant to join the Barts thoracic surgery team to develop its lung volume reduction, robotic surgery and research programmes. The successful candidate will be based at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
There is currently a team of 4 substantive consultant thoracic surgeons,1 locum consultant thoracic surgeon and 1 cardiothoracic surgeon with a specialist interest in chest wall.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to direct and participate in academic research at QMUL.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional excellence, leadership and the ability to deliver effective care. He/she will need to agree levels of activity and throughput with the Clinical Director of Surgery.
The successful candidate will be required to adhere to the Trust's policy on Maintaining Medical Excellence and to be committed to maintaining their standard of performance by keeping their knowledge and skills up to date.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Barts Trust will employ the successful candidate on a 10 programmed activity contract; the split is 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA. He or she will be expected to work at the Barts Heart Centre and to provide thoracic trauma cover at the Royal London Hospital.
The successful candidate will participate in the thoracic emergency on call rota with a 1:5 commitment. When the consultant is off-site or not on-call, their consultant on-call colleagues will be responsible to cover any problems / issues.
Successful applicants must be on or within 6 months of entry onto the Specialist Register and fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent
- FRCS(CTh) or equivalent
- On GMC Specialist Register for Cardiothoracic Surgery or within 6 months of obtaining CCT.
Desirable
- Higher Research Degree (e.g., MD or PhD)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Training in Adult Thoracic Surgery and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion in thoracic surgery for emergency and elective situations.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients throughout their clinical pathways.
- Proficiency in minimally invasive surgery
Desirable
- Demonstrable operative experience in robotic surgery including segmentectomy
- Experience in guided bronchoscopy
- Experience in lung volume reduction interventions
Management/Audit Experience
Essential
- Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate impact and handling challenges.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of current and future NHS challenges and strategy.
- Ability to support team members in business planning via collaboration and discussion.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
- Evidence of experience setting up new services
Academic Achievements/Research /Publications
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate personal experience of academic research and describe and discuss findings and impact.
- Experience of research, presentations to learned societies
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
- Peer-reviewed publications in the field of thoracic surgery in indexed journals
Desirable
- PhD/ MD Thesis
- Experience in basic science research
- Evidence of continued research output
- Ability to supervise research and engage peers
- Ability to identify clinically impactful research questions
- Evidence of collaboration with industry and other organisations and conducting national and international multicentre research
Teaching/Training
Essential
- Experience teaching and training undergraduates, junior doctors and allied professionals
- Attendance of Training the Trainers or equivalent course
Desirable
- Experience of supervising SPR's
- Experience of teaching at Postgraduate level
- Experience organising teaching events and courses
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
London
EC1A 7BE