Job responsibilities

This post encompasses a substantive consultant position with expertise in heart and lung transplantation, ex-vivo lung perfusion and recovery, organ retrieval, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and cardiac surgery. The prospective post holder will be expected to provide service and cover duties within the heart and lung transplant programme, the MCS service, as well as transplant clinics, ward rounds and working within a well established multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities for involvement in conventional cardiac surgery.

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• FRCS (C-Th) or equivalent
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Recognised training in heart and lung transplantation in the form of a National or International Fellowship or similar.

Desirable

• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Ability to perform heart and lung transplantation.
• NHSBT sign off for adult donor retrievals (DBD/DCD Lung)
• Evidence of training and experience in ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP)
• Experience in MCS insertion and management - Impella, ECMO, BIVAD, durable VAD
• Independent to perform organ retrieval for heart and lung transplantation
• Independent in conventional adult cardiac surgery

Desirable

• Previous Consultant level experience.
• Evidence of training and experience in machine perfusion of donor hearts (OCS)
• NHSBT sign off for adult and paediatric donor
• NHSBT sign off for adult DCD Heart
• NHSBT sign off for adult NRP

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance. Demonstrates evidence in transplant service development.

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of audit or clinical governance lead
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Developing departmental SOPs for new technologies
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit

Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).