Heart Failure Junior Clinic Fellow - London, United Kingdom - St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

We are looking for a trainee with a keen interest in cardiology and heart failure, ideally ST3 level having completed CMT training to start Aug 2024. The successful candidate will provide clinical cover on the 11 bed Heart Failure Unit with a senior heart failure fellow and be supported by five heart failure consultants.

Main duties of the job

The primary goal of this fellowship is to provide a thorough knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure with an emphasis on pathophysiology, imaging, therapeutics, and prevention through to end of life care. Training and active participation in research and education will provide the trainee with further experience in thinking critically, evaluating the clinical literature, and preparing the candidate for a career in heart failure. There will also be opportunity for weekly heart failure clinics and to participate in CRT optimisation, cardio-renal and cardio-metabolic clinics. Depending on the needs of the candidate, there will be opportunity to participate in cardiac imaging (echocardiography and cardiac MRI), heart failure research as an Investigator in Acute Heart Failure Trials on the Unit and in the training and education of nurses and allied medical staff.

About us

The St George's Heart Failure team is dedicated to excellence in specialist and evidence-based heart failure care. The team is made up of a variety of health care professionals from various disciplines including highly trained cardiologists, heart failure registrars, specialist heart failure nurses and a dedicated heart failure therapy team with a specialist physiotherapist, a heart failure dietician and occupational therapist. We have close links with the heart rhythm team for complex heart rhythm management and device implantation and the pulmonary hypertension, cardiac rehabilitation and palliative care services. There will also be opportunity to participate in a specialised heart failure-renal clinic and cardiometabolic clinic. We also work closely with our team of specialist community heart failure nurses covering Wandsworth, Sutton, Merton, Lambeth and Croydon.

The post holder should have completed their General Professional Training and hold full MRCP or equivalent. The clinical, research and educational experience gained will provide an excellent foundation for future career in heart failure.

You are welcome to contact the Heart Failure Consultants Dr Lisa Anderson, Dr Nesan Shanmugam, Dr Robin Ray & Dr Fadi Jouhra at St George's Hospital for more information or to arrange an informal visit.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join the Cardiology Clinical Academic Group and be supervised by Nesan Shanmugam, Clinical Lead for Heart Failure and Dr Fadi Jouhra, Dr Robin Ray and Dr Lisa Anderson - Heart Failure Consultants. The post has flexibility to provide an excellent opportunity to be tailored to your clinical and/or academic requirements. The main responsibility will be in managing patients on the heart failure unit with the Heart Failure Consultants in accordance with evidence-based guidelines. The post holder will work with the Heart Failure Nursing teams in the referring communities to ensure excellent handover of patients and integration of care. The post holder will also work with the inpatient Heart Failure Specialist Nurses to identify and prioritise patients for transfer to the Heart Failure Unit.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable