SCTS Vacancies

SCTS Associate Meeting Secretary 

The SCTS is seeking expressions of interest from consultant surgeons for the role of Associate Meeting Secretary. Whilst the overall responsibility for the organisation and running of the SCTS Annual Meeting rests with the Meeting Secretary (is one of the nominated Trustees). The Deputy and Associate Meeting Secretaries are expected to work closely with the Meeting team to allow a seamless transition from Associate to Deputy and Deputy to Meeting Secretary after the second and fourth years. The minimum term is three years within the Meetings Team.
 
The successful candidate will need to be available for approximately eight days over the course of a year for regular organiser meetings.  They will need to be available a further four days during the Annual Meeting and for occasional ad hoc site visits. 
 
The Associate Meeting Secretary is specifically responsible for:
 

• Setting an Annual Meeting budget in conjunction with the Honorary Treasurer, Meeting Secretary and their Deputy.
• Maintaining the online event manager to coordinate abstracts, presenters, presentations, and attendees.
• Defining registration fees in conjunction with the Meeting Secretary and Treasurer
• Defining venue requirements, negotiating with venues, and ensuring requirements are fulfilled.

Organising the exhibition, to include:

• Designing shell scheme requirements, selecting a shell scheme company, and ensuring requirements are met
• Securing and invoicing exhibitors

• Helping with securing meeting sponsors
• Designing audio-visual requirements, selecting an audio-visual company, and ensuring requirements are met.
• Designing catering requirements, selecting a catering company, and ensuring requirements are met.
• Site visits

This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive.
 
Informal discussions may be held with Sunil Bhudia (Meeting Secretary), Carol Tan (Deputy Meeting Secretary), and Gianluca Lucchese (Associate Meeting Secretary).
 
Interested members should submit a brief CV and a completed application form to nadia@scts.org by 5pm, Friday 27th February 2026

SCTS Trustee & Communications Secretary
 
The Society has established the SCTS Communications Sub-Committee, led by the Communications secretary with the purpose of providing a leadership role in coordinating the overall strategy on how the Society communicates with its membership and the general public.
 
In view of this, the SCTS are seeking expressions of interest from Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeons to become SCTS Communication secretary and the Co-chair of the Communications Sub-Committee. This will be an excellent opportunity for continued professional development and for the individual to make a difference nationally. It is essential that anyone applying to become Co-chair of the Sub-Committee is a member of the SCTS.
The Communication secretary will also be a Trustee of SCTS and a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
 
The responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining an up to date, informative and professional website with appropriate content for the use of the SCTS sub-committees, membership, external stakeholders and the general public, including contemporary guidelines, outcome data, quality standards, examples of best practice and quality improvement projects, important recent publications and guidance for the introduction of new technology
• Defining and implementing the SCTS’s strategic approach to social media
• Producing and distributing the SCTS Bulletin publication
• Producing and promoting high quality reference information (videos and written information) regarding all aspects of cardiothoracic surgery for both patients and healthcare professionals
• Promoting and advertising important cardiothoracic surgery events, including professional meetings, conferences and educational courses
• Developing and implementing an effective strategy for dealing with media enquiries and tracking media worthy content
• Interacting with industry to optimise the support and sponsorship of SCTS-led educational, research and audit projects
• Interacting with the Business Development Leads to promote and integrate fund raising activities.
• Working with the Chairs of different committees to showcase their achievements and act as a facilitator to disseminate relevant matters.
• Engage with patients and public and be an active facilitators in the Friends of SCTS

The post has a 3-year tenure, with the potential for a 1-year extension.
 
Informal discussions may be held with Aman S Coonar (SCTS President), Prof Enoch Akowuah (SCTS President Elect), Doug West (SCTS Honorary Secretary) and Sri Rathinam (SCTS Communication Secretary).

Interested members should submit a brief CV and a completed application form to Nadia Little (nadia@scts.org). The closing date for applications is the 2PM, Friday 20th February 2026.