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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology
Accepting applications until: 12-Feb-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Feb-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harefield
- Address
- Hillend Road
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Postcode
- UB9 6JH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (6 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (pro rota)
Salary
- Salary
- £49,909 pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow)
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
Post - Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology
Location - Harefield
This is an exciting opportunity for an SHO position in an internationally recognised hospital. We are a regional center for cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, and a national center for adult heart and lung transplantation. We are located on the outskirts of London, UK, and have a well-established and large primary PCI service supplying a wide region, including some of west London, and a number of the counties bordering London.
The post-holder will have exposure to almost all aspects of adult cardiology including new advancing technologies, managing both cardiology in-patients and out-patients, with educational, research and audit opportunities.
Please note start dates are April and June 2025 .
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The appointee is expected to undertake the admission and day to day care of cardiology patients. This includes a number of patients admitted for short term investigation and also patients requiring longer term treatment. Emergency cases are admitted daily incorporating all aspects of tertiary centre cardiology.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group Board is a formal sub-committee of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Board, with delegated responsibilities and decision-making rights for the strategic and operational running of its services. These are set out in the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Scheme of Delegation, and the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions provide the delegation limits with regards to financial decisions.
The Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Board of Directors holds legal accountability for the Trust including all aspects of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group (RB&H). The Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group Board provides assurance to the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Board of Directors on the overall operational, quality and safety and financial performance of Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, and on the development and delivery of the Trust's strategy for its heart and lung services.
The Clinical Divisions are: Heart RBH (incorporating Cardiology, Radiology and Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care and Anaesthesia), Harefield (incorporating Cardiology, Transplant, Radiology, Respiratory and Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery), RB&H Lung (incorporating Respiratory Medicine, Radiology and Lung Surgery), and Paediatrics; and Directorates of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacy and Rehabilitation and Therapies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee is expected to attend regular cardiac clinics and ward rounds.
- Some experience may be gained in all aspects of non-invasive cardiac investigations and in addition, some experience in assisting at cardiac catheters may be obtained
- Some experience in procedural techniques including central line insertion, pleural taps and cardioversion maybe obtained.
- He/she is expected to maintain good professional liaison with colleagues, nursing, para-medical and administrative staff.
- The rota is a partial shift working pattern which may be subject to change. Additionally there is resident night cover at SHO level.
- A cardiac arrest bleep is always carried by the SHO on call, local resuscitation training will be provided and completion of the ALS course supported
- SHO’s are expected to provide cover for the absence of their colleagues during annual and study leave.
- Emergency management of all acute cardiac conditions.
- Attendance and case presentations at MDTs.
- Communication with primary and secondary care teams to plan safe and appropriate patient discharge will be a key role.
- Clinical audit and Quality Improvement.
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
Person specification
APPLICATION COMPLETION
Essential criteria
- All sections of application form fully completed according to written guidelines
- Enthusiasm for medical education and training
Desirable criteria
- MRCP (PACES)
QUALIFICATIONS & ELIGIBILITY
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full or limited registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- MRCP 1
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed according to written guidelines
Desirable criteria
- MRCP (PACES)
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide complete details of employment history. At least 6-months’ experience (at SHO level) in cardiology, critical care or renal medicine
- At least 6-months’ experience (at SHO level) in cardiology
- At least 6-months experience within the NHS
- Knowledge of the basic management of patients with cardiac disease
- Knowledge of the basic management of patients with cardiac disease
Desirable criteria
- Formal teaching experience including a recognised qualification in teaching
- Evidence of active participation in audit
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Communication Skills: Capacity to communicate effectively & sensitively with others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
- Judgement under Pressure: Capacity to operate effectively under pressure & remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations. Awareness of own limitations & when to ask for help
- Decision Making: Demonstrates effective judgement and decision-making skills
- Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follows instructions
- Situation Awareness: Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
- Problem Solving: Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind. Capacity to bring a range of approaches to problem solving
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mohammed Akhtar/Haseeb Valli - [email protected]
- Job title
- Consultants
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 823737
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