About this role
Job summary
Consultant In Cardiology with Subspecialist Expertise in Echocardiography (10 PAs Per Week)
Based Between University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Barts Heart Centre)
Barts Health NHS Trust invites applications to join the Cardiology teams at UCLH and the Bars Heart Centre as a Consultant Cardiologist with specific expertise in echocardiography and potentially also additional cardiac imaging.
This 10 PA appointment is principally based at UCLH (4 days per week) and the appointee will co-lead the development of this already busy clinical service. We are looking to start on-site stress echocardiography (exercise and dobutamine stress) and to expand our on-site TOE offering. This role will also consolidate the on-site Consultant support for our cardiac physiologist team. It will provide departmental leadership in areas such as audit, governance and quality assurance. The appointee will also assist in provision of clinical advice (particularly in relation to imaging) to our Acute Medical, ITU, Oncology and other specialist services at UCLH.
Main duties of the job
It is hoped that the successful appointee will also contribute to and extend the current research activities of the department.
There will also be involvement in General Cardiology Outpatient Clinics at UCLH (average of 1 clinic per week) and the UCLH Cardiology inpatient/ED/SDEC liaison service (1 week per month, weekdays). Additionally, there is a small on-call commitment (6 weekends per year, providing daytime-only ward rounds and referral reviews).
There is also one weekly clinical session at Barts Heart Centre (the details of which will be guided by the successful appointee's specific interests) plus the opportunity for participation in several specialist cardiac MDT meetings run from Barts e.g. general valve MDT, TAVI MDT, endocarditis MDT etc
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
It is expected that candidates will be fully trained in general cardiology and show expertise in their subspecialty commensurate with a leadership role at UCLH. Applicants should possess the MRCP or equivalent, be GMC-registered with a license to practice, and be on the specialist register for cardiology or within six months of specialist registration. Candidates with an interest in clinical research relevant to echocardiography and imaging are particularly encouraged to apply
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job plan will contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average.
The post-holder will work within the Department of Cardiology at UCLH and the Imaging departments at Barts Heart Centre. The post-holder will contribute fully to the general management of cardiac patients through inpatient ward rounds and outpatient clinics and will be required to have received full accreditation in cardiology as a trainee. There is no requirement for General (Internal) Medical accreditation.
Opportunities exist within all the departments to undertake research and education as a part of the Centre of Excellence Strategy of the Trusts. This is strongly encouraged.
This is an outline program and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed formal job plan, including personal and professional objectives, with the Clinical Director of Networked Cardiology services at Barts and the Clinical Lead for Cardiology at UCLH.
It is intended that the post holder will work 7.65 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) per week, and 2.35 PAs of supporting professional activity (SPA) per week, when averaged through the year.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
London
EC1A 7BE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)