Locum Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon Expertise in Neonatal CHD

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Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation TrustRoyal Brompton Hospital Locum Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon with Expertise in Neonatal Congenital Heart DiseaseReference: 312-RBH-LCON-SURG-0013 Come and join us at a pivotal moment in Royal Brompton & Harefield’s history. The only UK hospital to be ranked by Newsweek in the top 10 globally for cardiology has some exciting plans and we want you to be part of our journey. In January 2020 we announced our strategy to merge with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust ( proposed to complete in early 2021) as a first step towards our vision of creating a brand new centre that will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to help to shape that vision and we want you to be a part of it.The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon with Expertise in Neonatal Congenital Heart Disease. This post is for 6 months, potentially renewable by mutual agreement.The appointee will provide inpatient services to neonates and children with congenital heart disease, including support in intensive care and high dependency areas, as well as the wider congenital surgical programme. The appointee will contribute to the surgical, inpatient and outpatient care of all patients with congenital heart disease throughout the age spectrum including adults and support the integral, vertically integrated congenital service.The appointee will participate in an on-call rota covering inpatient congenital surgical activity and emergency work. The appointee will run and supervise consultant-led / delivered outpatient clinics and supervise and train junior staff allocated to the Congenital Heart Unit, including clinical fellows and specialist trainees.The appointee will contribute to the further development of the Congenital Heart Disease research and actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and Clinical Governance activity.Applicants are required to be fully registered Medical Practitioners and must be on the GMC’s Specialist Register and should have specialist registration incardiothoracic surgery; applicants achieving CCT since 2014 should have CCT in the Sub-Specialty of Congenital Cardiac Surgery.For further information, please contactMr Guido Michielon, Consultant Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon- G.Michielon@rbht.nhs.uk, Professor Darryl Shore, Consultant Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon- D.Shore@rbht.nhs.uk, Mr Andreas Hoschtitzky, Consultant Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon- A.Hoschtitzky@rbht.nhs.uk, Dr Vias Markides, Consultant Cardiologist & Divisional Director- v.markides@rbht.nhs.uk Prof Alain Fraisse, Consultant cardiologist & Director of Paediatric cardiology - a.fraisse@rbht.nhs.uk Alternatively, please contact our Medical Recruitment team, Sophia White on or MedicalHR@rbht.nhs.uk.Please apply for the position using the "Apply for this job" button. Please complete the online application form and include the full names, work addresses and fax numbers of three clinical referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.Shortlisting details and interview arrangements will be communicated via email therefore please ensure you check your email account regularly following the closing date. In addition the Trust will be chasing up references via email so please ensure you include the email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.Closing date: Monday 21st December 2020Interview date: TBC