Clinical Fellow Cardiothoracic Surgery

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 April 2025

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow at foundation year two level or above in Cardiothoracic Surgery. The post is available from August 2025 for an initial period of six months with the possibility of extension.

Royal Papworth Hospital is at the centre of a regional and national network of hospitals caring for patients with heart and lung disease. From a tuberculosis hospital when it opened in 1917, Papworth Hospital has developed into an internationally recognised heart and lung centre and is the leading cardiothoracic specialist hospital in the United Kingdom. Royal Papworth Hospital relocated to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in May 2019, providing unprecedented opportunities for collaboration with Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and collocated research institutions and biomedical and pharmaceutical companies.

Royal Papworth Hospital currently treats around 24,400 inpatients and day patients and sees over 73,600 outpatients per year. It has over 1,800 staff, 289 beds and an annual budget of over 110 million.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outstanding across all five of the CQC domains: safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led.

Applicants must have full GMC registration and have clinical training and experience at foundation level. Salary is ranged 42,008 to 49,909.

Closing Date for Applications = 6th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should the need arise

Main duties of the job

*Management of patient care under the direction of the Consultants in the specialty.

*To have read understand and abide by the clinical protocols in the respective specialties.

*Completion of accurate records, such as patients, notes and discharge summaries.

*Attendance at clinics, operating theatres, ward rounds and clinical meetings as required.

*Participation in a rota which will include out of hours cover. Ensuring that there is continuity of patient care/ effective handover, including where available electronic handover.

*Attending and actively participating in ward rounds.

*Seeking advice or assistance from senior colleagues as required according to level of skills, and knowledge.

*Undertaking procedures which will be directly or indirectly supervised.

*Participation in clinical audit and maintaining medical audit records.

*Participation in teaching of other junior medical staff, undergraduate students and non-medical staff.

*Participation in clinical and/or laboratory research of the unit as required by the consultant staff.

*Adherence to the clinical protocols of the specialty/hospital and to support developments/practices and new ways of working for the efficient and effective delivery of patient care.

*Participation in training activities, maintaining log/ portfolio and personal development plan

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Date posted

13 March 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Foundation Doctor

Salary

£42,008 to £49,909 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-25-1182

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).