Senior Clinical Fellow - Thoracic Surgery

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 February 2026

RBH's surgical programme makes it the largest cardiothoracic unit in the UK. RBH supports a wide catchment area having longstanding referral relationships with clinicians in Beds & Herts, Bucks, Berks, Surrey and the South West Peninsula, as well as providing tertiary and qua ternary services to referrers across the UK. We are looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Thoracic Surgery. To assist the consultant staff in the preoperative assessment, operative and postoperative management of patients under their care.

In addition, clinical Trust fellows have a responsibility for administrative issues including staffing clinics, arranging operation lists, the organisation and staffing of lists and overseeing preoperative and postoperative care. This should include regular ward rounds and providing in and out of hours clinical cover when on-call. This post may close earlier if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Candidate must have 3 years of pure thoracic experience.

Aims and responsibilities of the post:
To co-ordinate and supervise the admission and discharge of patients from the unit. Responsible for maintaining accurate notes, up-to-date cardiac and thoracic monthly audit and for recording patient details in the database. To take charge of all patients in the unit under the direction of the consultant surgeon to which you are attached. Co-ordinate and supervise the work of all the junior medical staff.

Operating duties are directly or indirectly supervised and specific targets in operative experience as prospectively set out should be achieved. The senior post holders will principally be assigned to one consultant but occasionally may be required to provide support to other firms. The junior post holders will rotate between the consultant firms and be fully involved in a range of cardiothoracic work.

In addition to providing immediate cover to patients in recovery and on the general cardiothoracic ward, the postholder will provide cover for intensive care emergencies. Consultant cover will be available at all times.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts.

We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe.

We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world. Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Clinical Attend and assist in the out-patient clinics, taking responsibility to ensure adequate staffing for the clinic and to facilitate its efficient running in any other way. Clinic letters must be dictated promptly. Attend consultant ward rounds. Make formal ward rounds daily including at weekends and holidays as part of the on-call responsibilities. These rounds should be considered a teaching opportunity for more junior staff.

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