Overview
Employing Authority and main place of employment: The post will be based at St. Thomas' Hospital at Guy's and St Thomas' Trust. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.
Job Summary
To provide clinical services for cardiac surgery patients in support of the consultant surgeons. Duties will include training and mentoring of less experienced colleagues and other staff, participation in clinical audit and in clinical research projects. Clinical areas covered will mainly include theatres, wards, overnight intensive recovery unit and outpatients. To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care. To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
About Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Guy's & 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 & Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth & 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 & lung, cancer & renal services as well as a full range of local hospital & community services for people in Lambeth & Southwark.
Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals joined Guy's & St Thomas' in February 2021 & is the largest specialist heart & lung centre in the UK & among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart & lung disease, including rare & 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 & into adulthood & old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton & Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart & lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart & lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
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