Job summary
FREEMAN HOSPITAL
DIRECTORATE OF CARDIOTHORACIC SERVICES
CONSULTANT in ADULT CONGENITAL CARDIOLOGY
REF. 317-CON-22-281
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The successful candidate will have a UK CCT or equivalent in ACHD Cardiology and will demonstrate expertise in the complete spectrum of ACHD Cardiology. A specialist interest in Aortopathy with a view to continuing to establish and develop this service will be a key component of the role. The candidate will be able to run a busy ACHD on call including Interoperative Imaging. The candidate will be keen to be integrated into all aspects of the department and familiarity in advanced heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease (including transplant assessment) as well as pregnancy in patients with heart disease are highly desirable.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
Main duties of the job
To work with the current team of consultants to provide Tertiary Cardiac care for adults with Congenital Heart Disease in the Northern region and patients referred from other regions for ongoing management. To develop the Aortopathy service for appropriate patients.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr David Crossland on +44 0191 2137318 david.crossland@nhs.net, Dr Katrijn Jansen katrijn.jansen1@nhs.net or Louise Coats l.coats@nhs.net.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Participating in an on-call rota (approximately 1 in 6) for ACHD patients referred to the unit. He or she will be expected to work effectively in a team and work closely with the Intensive Care Specialists, Anaesthetists, Cardiac Surgeons and other cardiology colleagues.
- To provide in-patient and out-patient opinions on ACHD cardiology across the Trust and to colleagues across the network.
- To participate in weekday daytime inpatient care of ACHD patients (approximately 1 in 2.5).
- To provide continuing care ACHD patients on an in-patient or out-patient basis and develop the Aortopathy service.
- Contributing to the ACHD clinical governance meeting and audit ACHD care.
- Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College.
- Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
- It is a condition of employment that in so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:
- be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control;
- attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control;
- include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development;
- take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues.
Administrative:
- To jointly manage the outpatient clinics and inpatient assessment scheduling with the Directorate Management team.
- Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.
- Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his or her patients and in relation to the running of the congenital heart disease department in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee is entitled to become a member of the Medical Staff Committee of the hospital.
- To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
- Become involved with the financial management of the cardiology budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
Research:
- The Trust and department welcome and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided and there is an active research programme within the department including academic congenital disease consultant appointment.
- The candidate will help facilitate and support research projects going on within the department.
- The candidate will be supported in developing their own research profiles either as part of ongoing studies or development of new projects.
Teaching:
- Participate in the teaching of undergraduates and the post graduate cardiology trainees.
- Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Participating in an on-call rota (approximately 1 in 6) for ACHD patients referred to the unit. He or she will be expected to work effectively in a team and work closely with the Intensive Care Specialists, Anaesthetists, Cardiac Surgeons and other cardiology colleagues.
- To provide in-patient and out-patient opinions on ACHD cardiology across the Trust and to colleagues across the network.
- To participate in weekday daytime inpatient care of ACHD patients (approximately 1 in 2.5).
- To provide continuing care ACHD patients on an in-patient or out-patient basis and develop the Aortopathy service.
- Contributing to the ACHD clinical governance meeting and audit ACHD care.
- Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College.
- Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
- It is a condition of employment that in so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:
- be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control;
- attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control;
- include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development;
- take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues.
Administrative:
- To jointly manage the outpatient clinics and inpatient assessment scheduling with the Directorate Management team.
- Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.
- Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his or her patients and in relation to the running of the congenital heart disease department in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee is entitled to become a member of the Medical Staff Committee of the hospital.
- To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
- Become involved with the financial management of the cardiology budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
Research:
- The Trust and department welcome and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided and there is an active research programme within the department including academic congenital disease consultant appointment.
- The candidate will help facilitate and support research projects going on within the department.
- The candidate will be supported in developing their own research profiles either as part of ongoing studies or development of new projects.
Teaching:
- Participate in the teaching of undergraduates and the post graduate cardiology trainees.
- Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Desirable
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Desirable
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
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).
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).
