Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist

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8. Job Planning

8.1      Indicative Job Plan

The job plan comprises of 10 programmed activities as set out in Appendix 1. An additional supplement will be payable for on call availability. Additional Programmed Activities may be available subject to negotiation with the successful candidate.

8.2       The Trust has established a medical workforce planning group to ensure that appropriate infrastructure enhancement supports new developments or extensions of clinical services.

There is a recently refurbished Education Centre with close links to the University of Liverpool. There is a regular lecture programme and weekly postgraduate meetings.

8.3      Honorary Appointments

Consultants may be eligible for appointment as Honorary Teacher or Lecturer with the University of Liverpool, University of Central Lancashire or University of Lancaster. Those who make a substantial contribution in research or undergraduate education are eligible for promotion to Honorary Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor.

9. General Requirements And Conditions Of Service
10. Applications from candidates who are unable to work whole time, or who wish to join in a job sharing arrangement will be considered.
11. A satisfactory medical examination is a condition of employment for ‘medical and dental staff’ in the National Health Service. Therefore, the successful candidate’s appointment will be subjected to medical clearance from the Trust’s Occupational health Physician.  In relation to Hepatitis B screening and vaccination, it is a requirement of all staff that they should undergo periodic testing and where a post is designated as potentially prone to exposure, be vaccinated.
12. You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
13. Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, you are expected to observe agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters. In particular, where you supervise employees, you will be expected to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures.  You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary on-call.
14. All medical and dental staff employed by Trusts are expected to comply with all Health and Safety policies.
15. When on call, planned daytime duties are not cancelled routinely. However, it is accepted that the emergency ward round following a 24 hrs (or weekend) on duty may reduce your fixed commitments.
16. By the same token, if urgent cases have taken up a large part of the previous night, it is acknowledged that fixed commitments may not necessarily be fulfilled.
17. It is appreciated that the programmed activities detailed below can only apply if the medical, nursing and administrative infrastructure is in place, both in terms of quality and quantity. Any variations on the provision of the infrastructure should be brought to the attention of the general manager of the provider unit.
18. Where involvement in clinical management is accepted by an individual consultant and this involves specified duties, an abatement of clinical sessions will be permitted.

It is expected that when management duties are relinquished, the original session(s) will be taken up.

1. Where the appointee is required to relocate and in agreeing the assistance to be provided, the Trust will have regard to all the individual employee’s circumstances, including the need to re-house dependents and the comparability of new and previous accommodation.

The Trust will however require employees to repay all or part of the reimbursements and grants paid if they leave the Trust within two years of the appointment which gave rise to the expenses.

1. The post holder must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and training on infection prevention and control.