Locum Cardiac Surgery Consultant: Sponsorship Available

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

This post is for a full-time locum cardiac surgeon on a 12-month appointment.

Applicants who have been acting in a fully independent consultant surgeon role are preferred. Candidates should be able to demonstrate operational experience in combined surgical procedures and redo surgery.

The postholder will join a cardiothoracic team comprising five cardiac consultants and four substantive thoracic consultant colleagues.

This role will also require job plan flexibility to support service needs, including covering existing workforce gaps and contributing to waiting list reduction across the cardiac surgery service.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to attend weekly general cardiac and revascularisation MDTs and provide surgical revascularisation and valve surgery on an elective, urgent and emergency basis also to attend a weekly cardiac outpatients clinic.

The post holder will join on a 1:5 on call rota to cover for cardiac emergencies and provide cardiac surgical support to the Major Trauma Centre at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust.

A consultant of the week arrangement has been introduced, covering the ward and providing pre/post-operative cover for patients while other consultants are off-site.

The new appointment will have equity within the department with well-defined clinical commitments.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • FRCS or equivalent
  • On, or eligible for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register in Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • GMC Licence to Practise
  • Specific Training in Cardiac Surgery

Knowledge/skills

Essential

  • Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit of personal operating log
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ management skills

Essential

  • Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
  • Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures

Teaching and training

Essential

  • Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.

Audit

Essential

  • Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Peer reviewed publications on general cardiac surgical topics

Essential

  • Academic achievements including research/publications

Language

Essential

  • Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.