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Job summary

Main area
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (June 2026 for 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
Job ref
317-TD-26-093
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Freeman Hospital
Town
Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary
£65,048 - £73,992 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Trust Fellow in Congenital Heart Surgery (ST3+ Equivalent)

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country.  We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally,  we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. 

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated ambitious individual to gain experience in surgery for congenital heart disease.  

This post is to commence June 2026 for 12 months.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

To provide support to the congenital cardiothoracic surgery team.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Mohamed Nassar (Clinical Lead for Congenital Heart Surgery) at [email protected], or Dr David Crossland (Clinical Director) at [email protected]

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

 

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

To support the consultant firms on wards, in theatre, in out-patient clinics and at MDTs.

To take responsibility for admission examination, daily review of patients, handover, arrangement of necessary examinations and communication with consultant staff. 

To take part in the teaching and training of junior staff.

There will be opportunities for training in all aspects of congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery. 

Administrative:

Responsible for keeping in-patient records. 

Research:

·         To Be involved in clinical research 

Teaching:

·         To be involved in weekly teaching session 

Flexibility: 

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend.  As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCS or equivalent
  • Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months
Desirable criteria
  • FRCS or equivalent

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Two years’ experience in congenital cardiac surgery
  • Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
  • Good history & examination skills
  • Able to formulate a working diagnosis
  • Able to order appropriate investigations.
  • Image interpretation relevant to practice
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of senior operative experience in congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of CME
  • Written evidence of satisfactory training to date: workplace assessments

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research principles
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in audit projects

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues

Essential criteria
  • Fluent and clear communication in English
  • Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
  • Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Desirable criteria
  • Good member of the multi-disciplinary team

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Alignment with the Trust’s Values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD
  • Time management skills
  • Reliability
  • Enthusiasm
  • Ability to organise
  • Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership skills.
  • IT literate.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly EmployerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining Excellence

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Scorfield
Job title
HR Advisor
Email address
[email protected]
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