Job summary
Applications are invited for a post of Consultant Cardiologist in Heart Failure with a subspecialist interest in cardiometabolic syndrome, based at St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the Cardiology Department. The consultant is expected to work with the dedicated Heart Failure team at St Georges to provide inpatient care on the dedicated Heart Failure Unit and for outlying patients. There is a weekly CMR/Heart Failure MDT for complex case review. The post holder will join Dr Anderson, Dr Shanmugam, Dr Ray and Dr Jouhra in the heart failure consultant team.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with the Heart Failure Consultant team to continue to meet the NICE target of review within 2 weeks for all newly referred outpatients at high risk and 6 weeks for all other patients. The NICE quality standard is for heart failure patients to be reviewed within 24 hours of admission. The post-holder will attend the Heart Failure MDT meeting with nurses, therapists and the extended team. Responsibility for supervision of the Community Heart Failure Nurses is also shared between the Heart Failure Consultants and as a result, the post holder will also be responsible for guiding the management of a large cohort of heart failure patients in the community.
A key responsibility of this role is to contribute to continued development of heart failure services locally and the heart failure unit. The post holder will be expected to act as PI in International HF Trials and would be encouraged to develop their own Research proposals.
About us
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London (details below). St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages. These services are provided from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
To work in accordance with the Trusts Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.
To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.
To be trained in and demonstrate fair employment practices, in line with trust policies)
To comply with St. Georges Healthcare No Smoking Policies.
To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.
Job description currently pending RCP approval.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
To work in accordance with the Trusts Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.
To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.
To be trained in and demonstrate fair employment practices, in line with trust policies)
To comply with St. Georges Healthcare No Smoking Policies.
To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.
Job description currently pending RCP approval.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
- Post-CCT fellowship in complex coronary intervention
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive training on a recognised SpR programme in Pure Cardiology or equivalent SpR training.
Desirable
- High volume complex percutaneous coronary intervention
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
- Post-CCT fellowship in complex coronary intervention
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive training on a recognised SpR programme in Pure Cardiology or equivalent SpR training.
Desirable
- High volume complex percutaneous coronary intervention
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
