Locum Consultant in Thoracic Surgery

To provide a thoracic surgical service as part of a thoracic surgical team. To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care. To contribute to service developments. To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. To contribute to the management of the service.

1. Clinical: they will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of thoracic surgical services to St George's University Hospital NHS Trust, including (i) diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Trust in such hospitals, clinics, or other premises as is required (ii) continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in their care, with delegation as appropriate to consultant colleagues and junior staff 2. On-call commitment: 1 in 6, category A 3. Teaching: they will be expected to take part in undergraduate teaching during their normal clinical work. 4. Training: they will be expected to contribute to the training and support of junior doctors 5. Research: they will be encouraged to become involved in research and, if certain criteria are fulfilled, maybe allocated appropriate SPAs 6. Clinical governance: they will be expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development, and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of contribution in these areas as part of an annual appraisal 7. Management: they will be expected to contribute to the management and development of the service. Additional management roles will be recognised in the consultant job plan 8. Job planning: they will review their job plan at least annually to take account of changes in practice and responsibilities of