Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term post)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 190-STH-24-202
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Thoracic Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Whole time Locum Consultant Thoracic Surgeon to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fixed term post for 12 months. Based at Northern General Hospital.
We would welcome applications from candidates across the full spectrum of experience, from those who have recently completed training to those who have well-established careers.
Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Should any further vacancies arise shortlisted applicants will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will, together with Consultant colleagues be responsible for the provision of the Thoracic Surgery service. They will work closely with Consultant colleagues to provide an elective service and partake in the emergency cover rota. In addition to the main clinical duties at the Northern General Hospital the post holder will provide an advisory and consultative service to medical and surgical colleagues within the catchment area of the Sub-Regional Unit.
The post-holder will also be expected to undertake clinics at the Northern General Hospital and any of our local District General Hospitals in order to see new and follow-up patients, and to attend regular audit meetings. The post holder will be required to provide the surgical opinion at Thoracic MDT’s both within STH and externally at our partner District General Hospitals.
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Northern General Hospital
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Weston Park Cancer Hospital
Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
The Trust has a history of high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research. We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan.
The successful candidate must be registered with the GMC with a valid licence to practice. For further information please visit the GMC website and click on the Registration and Licensing link. You will also have completed Specialist Training (or equivalent) and be entered on the Specialist Register of the GMC, or have a CCT date within six months of the date of interview.
Non-UK/EEA applicants should ensure they are aware of the recent changes to the Immigration rules. For further information on how this may affect your application visit the UK Government website.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust promotes Equality of opportunity and Diversity within the workplace.
COVID-19 Vaccination information: COVID 19 vaccination remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to be vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so we manage individual and environmental risks, and so we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC with a licence to practise.
- Name on the specialist register for relevant specialty or eligible within 6 months of the date of the interview.
- FRCS (CTh) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher Academic Degree
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an independent practitioner in the specialty covered by the post.
- Possess broad clinical experience in the general aspects of the post plus any specific experience required for the post.
- Comprehensive training in Thoracic Surgery.
- Evidence of continuous career progression.
- Capacity to use and develop a wide range of theoretical approaches.
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship in thoracic surgery
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Sufficient contemporary operative clinical experience to practice independently in all aspects of thoracic surgery.
- Experience of managing emergency thoracic cases.
- Experience of providing the surgical opinion in Thoracic MDT’s.
- Experience of VATS Anatomical Lung Resections.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in sub-speciality areas of thoracic surgery. Understanding and provide ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context.
Research
Essential criteria
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
Desirable criteria
- Publications in Peer reviewed journals.
Teaching and training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching student doctors and doctors in training at all levels
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Management and Administration
Essential criteria
- Evidence of the understanding of the systems and structures of NHS Management.
Clinical governance and audit
Essential criteria
- Experience in performing clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Completion and publication of a substantive audit project or service improvement project
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
- Good oral and written communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Mr Nigel Wheeldon
- Job title
- Consultant , Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2266080
- Additional information
Mr John Edwards, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon [email protected] 0114 2269279
Lisa Johnson, Operating Director [email protected] 0114 2714397
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Medical HR Department
8 Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2SB
- Telephone
- 0114 2712968
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