Cardiothoracic Senior Clinical Fellow

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

The successful candidate will participate closely in all activities within the Directorate of Cardiothoracic surgery being directly accountable to the consultant staff.

Roles will include participation in the pre-, intra- and post-operative management of patients under consultant supervision with specific focus on robotic surgical program.

In addition, active participation in the academic program is seen as an important opportunity for personal development.

Audit and service evaluation projects will be expected to be undertaken.

• The appointee will be part of a team that provides on-going daytime care of inpatients.

There is a corresponding out of hours commitment and responsibility for the initial assessment and management of acutely ill patients as well as in-patients transferred as emergencies or semi-urgently from local DGHs for specialised tertiary care.

There is appropriate supervision with consultant support.

The appointee will also rotate through CICU gaining experience of the specialist provision of clinical care for patients in a high-dependency setting.

There are consultant-led ward rounds to facilitate review of all patients.

All other inpatients are subject to twice-weekly consultant review.

There is a weekly commitment to the outpatient service with appropriate support depending on the level of experience.

This provides an opportunity for work-based assessments.

• The core function is to support the consultant body in the comprehensive management of patients with diseases of the heart, lungs, and other chest organs.

This role primarily involves day-to-day patient care on the wards, pre- and post-operative monitoring, and assisting in surgical procedures, all under appropriate supervision.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees.

As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stuart Finn Job title: Operational manager Email address: stuart. finn1@nhs. net Telephone number: 01642 850850 ext 55011

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