Job overview

Derriford Hospital forms part of the Southwest Deanery advanced training programme in Cardiothoracic surgery. Successful graduates from the programme have gone on to international fellowships, won multiple accolades including the Parker and Edwards medals; Ethicon and AstraZeneca fellowships and have been successfully appointed to UK consultant posts.

Consultants in the division continue to act as examiners and three are McCormack medallists. All consultants are committed and engaged with the electronic surgical curriculum pathway. The successful candidate will

benefit from all of the educational opportunities and resources afforded within the training

programme including a supporting educational bursary.

The successful applicant will spend the year as two six month attachments within the Cardiothoracic Surgery service exposed to (1) Adult cardiac surgical workload which includes: complex Major aortic reconstructive surgery; Transcatheter valve intervention; hybrid AF ablation surgery; port-access mitral surgery and minimally invasive aortic valve surgery as well as other aspects of cardiac surgery. This is complemented by (2) surgical Thoracic experience in open and minimally-invasive lung resection; included VATS and Robotic lung resection surgery. They will be expected to function at a high clinical level within the service and practice individually when appropriate. 

Main duties of the job

Role Requirements

The successful candidate can expect to participate in the review; surgical operative treatment and post-operative care of all patients with elective and emergently-presenting cardiac surgical pathologies referred to the clinical service in Derriford.  This furthermore encompasses serving the wider Southwest population of Devon and Cornwall. 

When not participating in direct clinical care, research or teaching, the successful candidate will be supported in their pursuit of other complementary professional development activities.

On-call commitment: 1 in 10 non-residential second on-call rota in the cardiothoracic unit, together with a specialist anaesthetic registrar, with a basic surgical trainee/ANP on the campus first on-call.   The successful candidate will share equal responsibilities with the existing fellow registrars / trainees on the higher cardiothoraic surgical rotation programme. 

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.