Main area Cardiology Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (10 sessions per week) Job ref 213-PRUH-MED-6802036
Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Royal University Hospital Town Orpington Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum excl. London Zone Allowance. Salary period Yearly Closing 08/12/2024 23:59
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overviewGENERAL This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients and to provide and develop in-patient and out-patient cardiac services to the Trust's. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.
PURPOSE OF JOBThe post will be based at the Princess Royal University Hospital and the proposed Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
In-patient duties presently consist of 1 joint rota carried out on a weekly basis (Cardiology Consultant of The Week). This supports the 10-bedded CCU, the 10 General Cardiology beds, acute Cardiology admissions and acute referrals as well as an advice and guidance service for General Practitioners.
The Cardiology Consultant of the Week (CCOW) commitment is for a 1:7 rota, which is job planned and does not attract on call supplement. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned 0.5 PAs.
Main duties of the jobAll employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
The provision of a first-class clinical serviceEffective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialtySustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHPUndertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policiesConducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plansMaintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the TrustPerson specificationQualificationsFull MRCPOther higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)BSE accreditation in trans-oesophageal echocardiography or equivalentRegistrationFull Registration with GMCName on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointmentTraining and ExperienceWide experience in all aspects of cardiology, with a specialist interest in echocardiography, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMCSpecial interest and experience in Valve Heart Disease and/or Heart FailureSpecial interest and experience in other cardiac imaging modalities e.g. Cardiac CTAdministrationExperience in day-to-day organisation of cardiology services in a busy Teaching HospitalFamiliarity with information technology and general computer skillsFamiliar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changesManagement and LeadershipAble to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teamsManagement course and/or qualificationAudit and Quality ImprovementThorough understanding of principles of medical auditMust have undertaken and completed audit projectsAudit PublicationsResearch and PublicationsExperience of clinical researchPublication of relevant review articles or case reportsRelevant research experience in one or more aspects of cardiologyTeachingExperience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparationTeaching skills course/qualificationIMPORTANT Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with youIf you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communicationsTo enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advertPlease provide email addresses for referees where possiblePlease review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policyAll staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly
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