Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Subject to satisfactory review at 6 months.)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 356-25-7371949
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Castle Hill Hospital
- Town
- Cottingham
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Trust Doctor ST3+ in Cardiothoracic Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
Job overview
Applications are invited for the Post of Trust Registrar Grade in Cardiothoracic Surgery, based at Castle Hill Hospital commencing on ASAP for a period of 6+6 months initially, extendable on satisfactory performance. This post does not attract a National Training Number. As a Trust Doctor working with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, you will be entitled to receive the following:
• A named Educational Supervisor
• 10 Study Days Leave per annum + Annual Leave allowance
• £500 of Study Leave Allowance per annum
• Access to an e-portfolio
• An assigned Appraiser and access to Multi-Source Feedback 360° (if required) and an Appraisal System
Main duties of the job
You will participate in 1/9 on-call rota. On call commitments are 12 hours of resident on-call, covering both Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (elective, acute and emergency referrals), as well as patients in cardiac ICU. This current post starts is 6-months in the first instance, possibly extendable to max of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance. Following a total of 12 months, this post will be re-advertised. The successful candidate should have a minimum of 3 months’ Cardiothoracic experience and committed to a cardiothoracic career, subject to CV review and interview. The successful candidate will receive training and career progression support in keeping with their abilities and needs. We can support registrars with ST3 to ST5 level educational needs and we would consider applications from trainees who have completed a type 1 training programme (or equivalent) and who wish to broaden their experience in preparation for their first consultant post.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- • Full Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • MRCS(UK) or equivalent qualification
- • Valid ALS certificate
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- • Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- • Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- • 3-12 months of practical experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Desirable criteria
- • Current ATLS and/ or CALS training
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- • Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- • Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- • Evidence of participation in audit
- • Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- • Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- • Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- • Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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
- Vasileios Tentzeris
- Job title
- Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 875875
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