Locum Consultant in Cardiac Surgery

Barts Heart Centre- St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Locum Consultant in Cardiac Surgery Consultant in Cardiac Surgery with a Specialist Interest in mini Mitral Surgery

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Cardiac Surgery Consultant in Cardiac Surgery with a Specialist Interest in mini Mitral Surgery. This is a full-time position (10 PAs). The successful candidate will join a well-established team and will play a key role in developing cardiac surgery services further.

Barts Trust will employ the successful candidate on a 10 programmed activity contract; the split is 8 DCC and 2 SPA. He or she will be expected to work at the Barts Heart Centre and, very rarely, be asked to review patients at the Royal London Hospital.

The general on-call commitment is 1:14, but if the successful candidate wishes to participate in the aortic dissection rota (and demonstrates willing and competence in this field), this is an additional 1:18commitment. When the consultant is off-site or not on-call, his consultant on-call colleagues will be responsible to cover any problems / issues.

The job plan has 2 SPAs, but will be reviewed on appointment of the successful candidate who may require further SPAs to fulfil commitments for other non-clinical duties or activities deemed desirable to the Department / CAG or Trust. If there is no change in allocation of SPAs, the job plan will be reviewed within 6-12 months of starting the post so that additional SPA or DCC can be allocated should any additional activities have been undertaken by the appointee.

he new appointment will have equity within the department with fixed clinical commitments (2 regular fixed operating days, clinics, ward rounds, MDT) and allocation for SPA time. The prospective timetable below and the core activities illustrated (clinical and non-clinical) are identical to that of the incumbent surgeons. This job plan will be reviewed within 6 months of commencement.

The post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of cardiac & septal myectomy surgical services to Barts Health.

An additional role is to deliver and further develop a new Virtual Ward service using an established digital platform and expand its usage to our referring hospitals.

To enhance and further develop a world class septal myectomy service

Participate in the multidisciplinary Inherited Cardiovascular Disease team, contributing to the development of complex treatments, innovations and research

To undertake 2 days of operating completely flexibly.

The consultant clinical responsibilities which are involved in patient care including participation in the Consultant of the Week rota.