Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery (ST3+) inNewcastle upon Tyne inNewcastle upon Tyne PUBLISHED THU 31 OCT 2024

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a Trust Fellow in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation. These posts are available as soon as possible for 12 months in the first instance, with a possible extension.

The successful candidate will provide a service commitment to heart and lung retrieval and implantation, recipient assessment, as well as pre and post-operative care of transplant recipients. Experience in cardiopulmonary organ transplantation, ECMO, VAD implantation, machine perfusion technology will be gained and there will be an opportunity to attend operating lists in cardiac surgery. There are opportunities for exploring research.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and hold a license to practice with the GMC. You must also hold MRCS or equivalent and have at least 18 months experience in cardiothoracic surgery.

Candidates may also have commitment to the conventional adult cardiothoracic surgery programme depending on the service requirements and departmental needs.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The successful candidate will provide a service commitment to heart and lung retrieval and implantation, recipient assessment, as well as pre and post-operative care of transplant recipients. Experience in cardiopulmonary organ transplantation, ECMO, VAD implantation, machine perfusion technology will be gained and there will be an opportunity to attend operating lists in cardiac surgery.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Dronavallior Mr BC Ramesh

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Under the direction and supervision of the Consultants in transplantation, participate in:

Donor care and donor organ retrieval

Heart and lung transplantation

VAD implantation

Machine organ perfusion

The care of heart and lung failure patients, transplant recipients and VAD patients on the intensive care unit and on the ward.

Management of immunosuppressed patients with opportunistic infection.

Management of complications (non-infection) of immunosuppressive drugs.

2. Patient Assessment

Participation in the assessment of patients with heart and lung failure for transplantation or for mechanical assistance.

3. Donor organ evaluation:

Discuss donor offers and matching to suitable recipients with the Transplant Co-ordinators and the Duty Consultant Transplant Surgeon.

Undergo comprehensive training in donor organ assessment and retrieval (including travel to donor hospitals to carry out full assessment and resuscitation of donors and procurement of donor heart and lungs according to departmental procedural protocols).

Preservation, maintenance, resuscitation and ex-vivo assessment of donor organs when required.

4. Surgery:

Transplant Surgery: participate in surgery for the implantation of donor organs and/or the implantation of mechanical circulatory support devices.

Establishing ECMO and care of ECMO patients for heart or lung failure.

Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery: To maintain skills ad hoc opportunities may arise to participate in general cardiothoracic surgery operating lists. It is intended that at least one list each week will be allocated to the post holder to maintain skills where possible.

5. Post-operative Care:

Participate in the care of early post-operative transplant and VAD patients on the ICU and on the wards in conjunction with allied professionals.

Participate in the daily morning and evening ward rounds.

Assess and manage patients re-admitted with medical and surgical complications of transplantation or VAD.

6. Completion of accurate records including patients clinical notes and discharge summaries. Maintaining medical audit records as required by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.

7. Participation in teaching of junior medical staff, undergraduate students and other non-medical staff as required.

8. To adhere to the clinical protocols of the Department and support its developments, projects and practices and undertake other duties as appropriate to the level of responsibility for the smooth running of the service.

9. To participate and contribute to clinical or basic sciences research

10. To contribute to Audit, Clinical governance and mortality and morbidity Meetings

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.