Senior Consultant in Congenital Cardiac surgery

Job summary
Applications are invited for a Consultant in Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery to join the surgical team in the Department of Congenital Heart Disease at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). Our directorates care for patients across our trust sites (Evelina London & St Thomas', Royal Brompton, and Harefield Hospital).

Main duties of the job
This is a full-time post (10 programmed activities) with the option for additional programmed activities available according to the job plan.

The post will be based at Evelina Children's Hospital but will also have sessions at the Royal Brompton Hospital to support the Adult Congenital Programme. The successful applicant will be expected to have expertise in the full range of congenital cardiac surgery, with significant experience at consultant level and experience of a senior leadership role. The successful candidate will join the team of five congenital cardiac surgeons working with a large team of paediatric and adult congenital cardiologists and intensivists. The successful candidate will be on call for paediatric and adult congenital surgery.

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.

The post-holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

About us
The Congenital Cardiac Services sit within the Children's Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care (CRIC) directorate and the Heart Lung Critical care (HLCC) Directorate which is responsible for the Adult Congenital service at Guys & St Thomas', the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. As such, it is a requirement of your employment that the post-holder is 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.

The Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Services are committed to meeting the standards set out by NHS England for the provision of congenital cardiac care for all age groups. There are 5 substantive consultant cardiac surgeons within the service supported by 32 paediatric cardiologists covering a range of sub-specialist areas including fetal cardiology, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology.

This is the largest congenital heart surgery programme in the UK (NICOR report 2025) , providing a comprehensive service from neonates to ACHD across the full range of conditions, except for implantable mechanical support and transplantation. The programme performs 700-750 open heart procedures per year in children and adults. The programme also delivers a large ECMO programme for both respiratory and cardiac life support.

Details
Date posted: 21 September 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
p.a. excl. LZ
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 196-CON1174
Job locations: Evelina London Children's Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
It is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at both sites and in any, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

The post-holder will be accountable to the Chief of Congenital Care surgery ; to the Clinical Director of the Childrens Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care Directorate and ultimately to the Medical Director of the Evelina London Women & Childrens Clinical Group. As well as the Medical Director of HLCC. The postholder will work closely with Clinical Leads for CHD and ACHD, Cardiac Anaesthesia and PICU across all Trust sites and with non-congenital cardiac surgeons and cardiologists in adult clinical groups.

More details are available in the Job Description.

Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential

• GMC Registration and a Licence to Practise
• FRCS (CT) or equivalent
• Has, or is eligible for GMC Specialist Registration in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Desirable

• Higher Degree - either completed or currently enrolled in a higher degree program
• Sub-speciality recognition in congenital cardiac surgery

Clinical Experience
Essential

• At least 4 years' experience working in a paediatric cardiac surgical centre at consultant level including mentoring junior surgeons
• Evidence of outcomes and full range of case complexity

Desirable

• Departmental Leadership
• Additional training in another international program
• 10 years of experience at a paediatric cardiac centre

Audit Management & IT
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a track record of clinical governance, audit and service improvement.

Desirable

• Training in health services management

Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential

• Presentations at national or international meetings
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
• The ability to take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking own work.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team with flexible working patterns.

Desirable

• Demonstration of formal training in teaching methods
• Experience of organising and delivering a formal teaching programme

Leadership / Management skills
Essential

• Senior leadership/ service development role within healthcare
• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team
• Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Knowledge of finance and budgets

Desirable

• Training in health services management
• Evidence of ability to facilitate service development

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).

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.

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).

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