Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Devices (SpR Grade)
Accepting applications until: 30-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 30-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Address
- Hillend Road
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Postcode
- UB9 6JH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (extendable to 2 years)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (with enhanced hours and unsocial on call commitment as per Rota)
Salary
- Salary
- £55,329 - £63,152 Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Specialist Registrar)
Specialty
- Main area
- cardiology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The Heart Division provides a comprehensive service for the investigation and treatment of cardiac disease. The Division is sub-divided into clinical sections with sub-speciality interests in Revascularisation, Structural Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Electrophysiology, Heart Assessment and Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
Harefield Hospital houses 4 catheter laboratories: an additional 600 EP/ablation procedures are performed annually in two state-of-the-art EP/device catheterisation laboratories; Harefield also functions as one of the busiest heart attack centres in the UK. Both sites run busy cardiac device services, including pacemakers, ICDs, cardiac resynchronisation therapy, leadless devices and conduction system pacing, with significant expertise in laser lead extraction.
This is a Trust appointment and will be predominantly based at Harefield Hospital (Uxbridge, UB9 6JH) . The post holder may be required to work at the other Trust sites on an intermittent basis, by mutual arrangement
To be part of the cardiology service at Harefield Hospital in collaboration with medical and surgical colleagues and other departments and services.
Participate in new patient and follow-up consultant-led outpatient clinics.
Provide inpatient services to cardiology patients.
Participate in an on-call rota covering inpatient activity and emergency work.
6 months in the first instance, extendable up to 24 months by mutual consent
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To be part of the cardiology service at Harefield Hospital in collaboration with medical and surgical colleagues and other departments and services.
Participate in new patient and follow-up consultant-led outpatient clinics.
Provide inpatient services to cardiology patients.
Participate in an on-call rota covering inpatient activity and emergency work.
Supervise and train junior staff allocated to cardiology.
To work as a full member of the multi-disciplinary team, including participation in the rota and the attendance and presentation at weekly MDTs and meetings.
To undertake regular ward rounds to ensure effective management during the in-patient stay and early discharge of patients whenever possible.
Participate in audit within the department.
Participate fully in the service and training programme of the Division.
Perform routine transthoracic echocardiography, routine right and left cardiac catheterisation and perform and interpret echocardiograms
Working for our organisation
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals is an internationally renowned centre for heart and lung services. Our brand identity is strong and clear: delivering the best clinical care and the best research for patients with heart and lung disease.
Heart and Lung diseases are the world’s biggest killers and our experts care for patients who come from across the UK and overseas, not only from our local areas.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from the womb, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained the Trust an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment, and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be part of the cardiology service at Harefield Hospital in collaboration with medical and surgical colleagues and other departments and services.
Participate in new patient and follow-up consultant-led outpatient clinics.
Provide inpatient services to cardiology patients.
Participate in an on-call rota covering inpatient activity and emergency work.
Supervise and train junior staff allocated to cardiology.
To work as a full member of the multi-disciplinary team, including participation in the rota and the attendance and presentation at weekly MDTs and meetings.
To undertake regular ward rounds to ensure effective management during the in-patient stay and early discharge of patients whenever possible.
Participate in audit within the department.
Participate fully in the service and training programme of the Division.
Perform routine transthoracic echocardiography, routine right and left cardiac catheterisation and perform and interpret echocardiograms.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- MBBS, or equivalent
- MRCP, or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Additional, BSc, MSc, MD(Res), PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years of cardiology training with basic knowledge and practical experience of echocardiography, diagnostic coronary angiography, acute coronary care and treatment of heart failure
- Practical skills: vascular access, right and left heart catheterisation and coronary angiography
- Experience in cardiac pacing/ICDs and/or cardiac electrophysiology
- Teaching experience (e.g. medical students and junior doctors)
Desirable criteria
- Advanced life support training (ALS or equivalent)
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge of cardiovascular disease, with specific interest in cardiac arrhythmias.
- Proficient and efficient in handling medical problems
- Good interpersonal and communications skills
Desirable criteria
- IT skills and computer literacy
- Audit/Quality Improvement: understands principles, evidence of enthusiasm or participation
- Research: understands principles, evidence of enthusiasm or participation, relevance of research undertaken
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Haseeb Vali
- Job title
- Consultant - EP/ DEVICES
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 823737
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