Consultant in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Job overview

This post is for a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon to join the existing team of three Consultant Surgeons running the Congenital Cardiac Surgery service based in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) and University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB).

The appointee will work collaboratively within the service to provide inpatient and outpatient care for congenital cardiac patients at these Trusts with responsibility for patients under their care within the context of a multidisciplinary team structure. The post aims to appoint an early career consultant surgeon with full mentoring of their practice within the initial period of appointment.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will work collaboratively within the service to provide inpatient and outpatient care for congenital cardiac patients at BWC. The appointee with have responsibility for patients under their care within the context of a multidisciplinary team structure.

There will also be a sessional commitment to the University Hospital Birmingham (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) for the provision of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery service. The cardiothoracic unit provides adult cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure therapies and cardiopulmonary transplantation for the West Midlands and Wales. The unit is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston.

The post holder will participate in the consultant on-call rota in the department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery for acute care and resuscitation of patients within the Trust, including cannulation for Extra-corporeal life support with availability on site within 20 minutes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The successful applicant, as an appropriately trained specialist in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery will assume a full clinical role in the stabilisation, investigation and clinical management of patients presenting with a broad spectrum of congenital heart disease. Please refer to the attached JD and PS for detailed job description and main responsibilities.