Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Transplant & Organ Retrieval

Job overview

Location: Harefield Hospital, London Contract: Full-time, Fixed Term

About the Role We are seeking a highly motivated Transplant Surgery Fellow to join our world-leading team at Harefield Hospital, a center of excellence in heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to gain hands-on experience in advanced transplant surgery and cutting-edge cardiac support therapies.

This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the on-call rota for organ retrieval for transplantation.
• Work closely with transplant physicians, providing surgical advice and support for transplant patients.
• Assist in heart and lung transplant operations under consultant supervision.
• Contribute to surgical management of patients with mechanical circulatory support (VAD, ECMO).
• Lead daily ICU and ward rounds for transplant patients.
• Present cases at weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Support training of junior surgeons in transplant patient care.
• Engage in research activities, aiming for annual publication and conference submissions.
• Assist with managing transplant, VAD, and MCS databases for audit and research purposes.
• Be available for on-call duties within 15 minutes of the hospital (non-resident out of hours).

Requirements

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Completion of core surgical training or equivalent experience.
• Strong interest in cardiothoracic surgery and transplantation.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Main duties of the job

Summary of Main Duties

• Participate in the on-call rota for organ retrieval for transplantation.
• Provide surgical advice and support for transplant patients and work closely with transplant physicians.
• Assist in heart and lung transplant operations under consultant supervision.
• Contribute to surgical management of patients with mechanical circulatory support (VAD, ECMO).
• Lead daily ICU and ward rounds for transplant patients.
• Present cases at weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Support training of junior surgeons in transplant patient care.
• Engage in research activities, aiming for annual publication and conference submissions.
• Help manage and improve transplant, VAD, and MCS databases for audit and research purposes.
• Be available for on-call duties within 15 minutes of the hospital (non-resident out of hours).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• The Fellow will participate in the rota for surgeons engaged in the retrieval of organs for transplantation.
• The Fellow will be expected to establish a close working relationship with the transplant physicians, and be a ready source of surgical advice for the care of transplant patients on the transplant wards.
• The Fellow will be expected to assist in transplant operations at the request of the consultant surgeon in charge of the transplant.
• The Fellow will participate in the surgical management of patients who have undergone a variety of mechanical circulatory support including VAD, and ECMO implantation.
• The Fellow will lead the ICU and ward round every morning for transplant patients.
• The Fellow will present patients for discussion at the weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings following their pre-operative assessment.
• The Fellow will be expected to play an active part in training junior surgeons in transplant patient management.
• The Fellow will be expected and supported to pursue relevant research studies within the Trust’s overall research portfolio, publishing at least 1 paper per year and submitting 1 abstract to an international conference.
• The Fellow will assist with organising and managing the transplant, VAD and short-term MCS databases, transforming these files to more accessible format, facilitating generation of audit and research projects.
• This post is non-resident out of hours, but residence must be within 15 minutes normal drive time from the hospital for on-call duties to be undertaken.
• The fellow on retrieval should be ready to leave within 60 min from the coordinators call.