Consultant Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Applications are invited for an experienced consultant in congenital cardiothoracic surgery to join the department of congenital cardiothoracic surgery at the Alder Hey children's hospital NHS foundation trust within the division of surgery. The consultant will be expected to work at Alder Hey children's hospital, delivering paediatric congenital cardiac surgery, ECMO and pectus surgery along with working at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, delivering adult congenital cardiac surgery. This is a full-time post to replace a retired colleague. The successful applicant will be expected to have expertise and independent operative experience in all aspects of congenital cardiac surgery, pectus surgery and ECMO.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the department of cardiac surgery at Alder Hey children's hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital delivering all age congenital cardiac surgery. The post holder will also deliver cardiac & respiratory ECMO and pectus and chest wall surgery at the Alder Hey children's hospital. The new consultant will be fully supported by the three senior substantive consultants in the department.

About us

Alder Hey children's hospital is one of the largest children's hospitals in the Europe and the one of the only few stand-alone children's hospital trusts in the UK. The cardiac department is one of the largest centres in the UK delivering over 450 surgeries per year with wide variety of congenital cardiac cases. The Alder Hey ECMO service is one of the only few designated respiratory ECMO centres in the UK. Alder Hey is one of the three nationally designated centres for pectus surgery in England and the only paediatric centre.

Date posted

17 May 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£99,532 to £131,964 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Job locations

ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Application and interview

Essential

Relevant experience

Desirable

Relevant training

Person Specification

Application and interview

Essential

Relevant experience

Desirable

Relevant training

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).