ST3+ Trust Doctor in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, W12 0HS
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the UK's leading University Teaching Hospitals at the cutting edge of clinical practice and research. ...
oPre-operative assessment and preparation of patients to undergo thoracic surgery, in outpatients, for urgent referrals (including emergency trauma cover at St Mary's site) and the specific cardiothoracic pre-assessment clinics
o Capacity to be a competent operating surgeon with direct or indirect supervision and also assisting the consultants in the operating theatres as required and providing training/supervision to more junior staff and Surgical Care Practitioners, as appropriate
o Continuing responsibilities for post-operative critical care of the patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery and subsequent Level 0/1 care on the wards
o Post-operative follow-up of patients in the outpatient, chest drain or would clinics, working with where indicated
o Partaking in the middle-grade on-call rota
o The accurate and timely recording of clinical data, both written & electronic, as outlined in the Principles of Good Medical Practice described by the GMC, participation in clinical audit and familiarity with Trust IT and information systems
o Communicating effectively with both junior and senior medical colleagues, nursing staff (including Clinical Nurse Specialists for Lung and Cardiothoracic ANPs for ward care), HCSs/AHPs and other hospital staff. Particularly good communication skills with patients, their relatives and carers.
There will be opportunities to make presentations and to be involved in teaching
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Qualifications
Essential
- On GMC registered/ licensed Medical Practitioner
- MB,BS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCS or equivalent
Desirable
- FRCS or equivalent
Relevant Experience in Specialty/Sub Specialty
Essential
- Full GMC registration / licensed Medical Practitioner
- Expertise in and significant experience of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care & High Dependency patient management at senior ST 3+ level
- Evidence of previous achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMS standards in Good Medical Practice including:
- Good clinical care omaintaining good medical practice ogood relationships and communication with patients ogood working relationships with colleagues ogood teaching and training oprofessional behaviour and probity odelivery of good acute clinical care.
- Evidence of competence and significant experience of appropriate independent decision- making out-of-hours (when not directly supervised)
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable
- Evidence of safe conduct of common clinical procedures in Cardio-thoracic surgery including insertion of chest drains, surgical access to the chest (in elective and urgent or emergent trauma situations), ability to assist and perform simple video assisted and open thoracic surgical procedures
- Evidence of maintaining validated and appropriately anonymized logbook of outcomes in Cardio-Thoracic surgical procedures
- Familiarity and ability to perform simple diagnostic bronchoscopy
- Keenness to learn and demonstrate insight into career progression in Thoracic surgery
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Acute care safe: up- to-date (C)ALS. Out of hours experience relevant to the job
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job; specialty knowledge exam
- Clinical judgment: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
- Knowing when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
- Practical skills: shows excellent aptitude for practical skills required in the job
- Proven ability to work effectively in the various different clinical settings required in the job
- To be technically able in this complex, testing and highly technical surgical specialty
- Competence and significant experience in the pre-operative assessment, continuing post- operative critical care and ongoing clinical management of patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery
- Evidence of accuracy, care and timely recording of all necessary clinical data, both written and electronic
Desirable
- CALS certificate or ALS instructor certificate
- An excellent understanding of and enthusiasm for the intricacies of cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy and physiology and cardiac and thoracic pathology
- Hospital at night team working/experience
Audit
Essential
- Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making
- Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
- Evidence of active participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of active participation in auditResearch skills: Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research; evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
- Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job
Language Skills
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, which could be demonstrated by one of the following
- oapplicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English
- oapplicants have scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent equal to those required for recruitment to MMC specialty training programs
- If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence
Probity
Essential
- Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
- Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative, aspirational
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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