We are recruiting a substantive Full Time Consultant Cardiac Surgeon to work alongside our existing cardiac surgeons at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. St George's is the local cardiac surgery centre for South West London and its catchment extends to cover Surrey, together with parts of Sussex and Kent.

It is one of three centres that participate in the South London Acute Aortic Dissection Rota. The trust has a busy acute and elective cardiology service with strong requirement for cardiac surgery support. The successful candidate should be fully trained in cardiac surgery and will have experience of treating common emergency and cardiac surgery cases.

The candidate would ideally be willing to contribute to the acute aortic dissection rota.

Our aim is to appoint a candidate who will contribute to St George's as a centre of excellence with training programmes for cardiac surgery. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the academic mission of the Directorate by actively contributing to both research and education.

For further information please see the job description.

Main duties of the job

In addition to participating in the on-call rota for out of hours work, the post holder will be expected to have input into the smooth running of the cardiac theatres, attend departmental meetings and have input to the general and relevant subspecialist multidisciplinary team meetings and training sessions for junior doctors and allied health care professionals.

About us

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider provider in South West London. It has a budget of around £0.9 Billion.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals established in 1733 - is shared with St George's, University of London (details below) and occupies a site of approximately 35 acres. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages. These services are provided from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and HMP Wandsworth.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information please see job description and person specification.

For further information please see job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• FRCS/MRCS FRCS (C/Th) or equivalent

Desirable

• Wide clinical experience in Adult Cardiac Surgery including CABG surgery

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience of independent practice
• Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking of Audit

Desirable

• Additional Higher Degree (e.g. PhD, MD, MSc)
• Evidence of possession of management skills
• Leadership/professional development course

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