Tracheal Fellow (ST3+ Equiv.) (Complex Tracheal Disease)

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS FT Tracheal Fellow (ST3+Equivalent)

Applications are invited for a Tracheal Fellow (ST 3+) who has an ENT, cardiothoracic, respiratory or paediatric background, to start as soon as possible, for one-year fixed term. The post holder will be responsible for the continued delivery of Tracheal Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. This post will play a central role in the provision of tracheal services at Great Ormond Street and will work with the other teams and specialties employed by the Trust. Training may include endoscopic approach to the airways (microlaryngoscopy, tracheobronchoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy), surgical exposure may include thoracic and tracheal procedures including reconstructions of airway and lung surgeries.If you have any questions about the role, please contact Richard Hewitt, Tracheal Specialty Lead: Richard.Hewitt@gosh.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work with managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the tracheal and thoracic service. The appointee will: o Be managerially accountable to the core team of tracheal services. o Provide continuing patient care in partnership with senior and junior colleagues and the tracheal CNS, including daily ward round when appropriate. o Ward rounds - presenting on the CICU ward rounds every day in conjunction with the tracheal service and CICU team - the rounds are undertaken at 9 AM every day and led by intensivists. o Presenting and taking part in the operative work for all the thoracic and tracheal cases in operating room. This includes taking part at the surgical brief on the operating day (usual operating day of NM is Wednesday and Friday) at 8.15 am (9.15 AM on the days of protected theatre teaching months), taking part in surgery. And performing on table bronchoscopy to aid surgeon, depending on skill set. o Work closely with the Interventional Radiology team, in order to facilitate patient care, on those children from tracheal services, who come in for assessment with bronchoscopy and bronchogram. This will include, but not limiting to, pre-procedural assessments, obtaining consent, taking part in the procedure in the IR theatres, assessment and evaluation post-procedure including assessment for discharge and producing summaries where appropriate.

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