Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery; STEquivalent

Job Summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

Candidates must possess good clinical/operative skills and have excellent communication skills, with an ability to work well within the team. This unit offers experience in all aspects of general cardiothoracic surgery, and also cardiothoracic transplantation as well as paediatric/congenital cardiac surgery. This post primarily is for adult cardiothoracic surgery.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We are looking to appoint an extremely motivated and ambitious trust doctor (registrar ST3+) to join our team of 8 clinical fellows/trust doctors who provide middle grade cover for our service. The registrar will be supported by an excellent team of advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) on the ward as well as 4 surgical care practitioners (SCPs) in theatre. This post is for a doctor who has completed CST training who wishes to gain some more clinical and operative experience in cardiothoracic or for a more senior trainee/surgeon who would like to develop further subspecialty interest including MCS and transplant.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Mr. Muhammad Izanee Mydin on  (ext: 39566), or via email at

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Date posted: 15 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Doctor - other

Salary: £65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum pro rata

Contract:

Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: 317‑TD‑26‑010

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN

Day to day care of pre- and post-operative cardiac and thoracic surgery patients on the wards, clinics and theatres.

Perform operations as a first operator (with consultant supervision) if appropriate as well as assist in theatres depending on the level of experience.

Attend outpatient clinics to see new or follow patients under the supervision of the consultant.

Second on-call for any ICU/HDU/ward emergencies for cardiothoracic surgical patients (1:8 resident on-call).

Reviewing patients daily, requesting appropriate investigation and treating the patients appropriately.

Take and see referrals for cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, liaising with the on‑call consultant surgeons.

Seeks timely assistance…