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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-TD-24-267 Vacancy ID: 6878924

Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Accepting applications until: 24-Dec-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 24-Dec-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Cardiology Specialty - FH
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode: NE7 7DN
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (January 2025 for 6 months)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (Basic Hours Only - no on call)

Salary

Salary: £53,660 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Trust Doctor)

Specialty

Main area: Cardiology

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, 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.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

· The successful appointee will work as part of the electrophysiology team. Typical duties per week will include 5-6 EP lab sessions, 2 arrhythmia clinics and time allocated for clinical administration, audit and research.

· There will be responsibility for the management of patients undergoing interventional EP procedures.

Administrative:

· Responsibility for recording data from lab patients in local databases, writing discharge summaries and communicating with referring Cardiologists and General Practitioners.

Research:

· Undertaking research projects within the field of catheter ablation with a view to presentation at national/international conferences and publications.

Other:

· Attendance and participation at the weekly EP MDT meeting, other educational meetings and the relevant quality assurance programme.

Flexibility:

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Primary Medical Qualification.
Full GMC registration with a licence to practice at the time of application.
Satisfactory completion of Foundation and Internal Medicine Training or equivalent, General Cardiology training and a period of training in Cardiac Electrophysiology.

Desirable criteria

Higher research degree in an EP-related topic.
IBHRE or EHRA EP accreditation.

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience of electrophysiology procedures, including complex ablation
Proactive care of pre- and post-procedural patients.
Insight into abilities and knowledge, and the ability to ask for help when required.

Desirable criteria

First-operator experience of transseptal puncture and complex ablation procedures

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable criteria

Proven management and administration ability.
Understanding of management goals.
Experience with audit
Evidence of leadership / project management
Evidence of having implemented change

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior staff.
Ability to teach clinical skills.

Desirable criteria

Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

Experience of audit projects.
Understanding of research principles.

Desirable criteria

Publications/abstracts in EP research.

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues

Essential criteria

Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team.
Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines.