Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology ACHD - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCARDIOVASCULAR DIRECTORATEFull-time - 40 hours per weekFixed-term- initial 6 months (with potential extension to 12 months)£46,208 excl. of LZNodal Point 4

Main duties of the job

The Guy's and St Thomas' adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced ACHD trainee to join the team in a Senior Clinical Fellow post. The post will be tailored to the special interests of the successful candidate with training designed to complement and progress the relevant sub-specialty training it is expected the candidate will have already undertaken, and would be ideal for a post CCT fellowship.Dependent on the successful candidate's experience, commitment to the ACHD consultant on call rota, with existing consultant support, would be expected. The posts are suitable for cardiologists who have completed or are nearing the end of their training. Opportunities will be made available for management, audit and research according to the skills and needs of the successful candidate.

About us

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.Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences our vacancies can be viewed on our excellent benefits include final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Workload:

The candidate will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the inpatient and outpatient ACHD service. The exact clinical workload will depend on the candidates experience and areas of interest, but it is expected that the candidate will independently undertake at least one ACHD clinic per week and contribute to the Consultant ACHD on call rota with support from the ACHD consultant body.

Teaching and Training Commitments:

GSTT is both an undergraduate and a postgraduate teaching centre and Clinical fellows are expected to take an active role in the postgraduate teaching activities. Clinical fellows should attend ward rounds as required and these rounds should be considered a teaching opportunity for more junior staff. In addition they may be required to undertake informal teaching of medical students, nurses and other paramedical staff.

Teaching :

The post-holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Job Summary

The post holder will work closely with cardiology and surgical congenital teams, alongside specialist ACHD clinical nurse specialists and physiologists, to assist in providing comprehensive seven-day-a-week in patient ACHD care, as well as regular outpatient commitments. They should therefore have completed a significant amount of ACHD training. They will be expected to provide general cardiology/medical supervision of the outpatient clinic and may be asked to give a cardiology opinion for ACHD patients under the care of other services within GSTT.

The post holder is expected to be proficient in congenital transthoracic echocardiography and be able to support the physiologist team. Depending on their area of interest the post-holder will also have the opportunity to further their experience in peri-operative TOE, congenital cross-sectional imaging, pulmonary hypertension, pregnancy and heart disease and congenital intervention.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Desirable

Clinical Experience

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Desirable

Research

Essential

Desirable

Teaching

Essential

Desirable

Management

Essential

Desirable