Cardiothoracic Surgeon

3 weeks ago


Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Full time

About the Role

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Consultant Cardiac Surgeon to join our expanding aortic programme. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality adult cardiac services, including approximately 900-1,000 cases per annum and thoracic workload of up to 500 cases per annum.

Main Responsibilities

As a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, you will be expected to:

  • Provide a service in Cardiothoracic Surgery with responsibility for adult cardiac surgery.
  • Participate in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department, including being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.
  • Provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
  • Take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
  • Ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
  • Ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Junior Medical Staff

You will be responsible for:

  • Playing a full part in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
  • Devoting time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for junior medical staff.

Management & Service Development

You will be expected to:

  • Take an active role in the management of the Division.
  • Develop and implement new ways of working in line with modernisation principles and fit for the future.
  • Take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.

Clinical Governance

You will be responsible for ensuring that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

Health & Safety

You will be expected to:

  • Take responsibility for your own Health & Safety complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures which are in place.
  • Accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any hazards are reported and managed appropriately.

About Us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands, providing primary, acute and community services. We are committed to creating a supportive working environment and are passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC and have achieved numerous awards, including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

We are committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.



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