Consultant Cardiologist - Heart Failure and Imaging

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

The post-holders duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations.

The post-holder will primarily be responsible for providing Heart Failure services, including supporting the Heart Failure nursing team, as well as some General Cardiology. There will be opportunity for subspecialist sessions in cardiac imaging. The post-holder will be required to deliver some heart failure clinics and inpatient care at the Horton hospital in Banbury, or at other nearby localities such as community hospitals, this is currently envisaged as being between twice and four times a month but is likely to increase in the future.

Travel time will be incorporated into the job description and future job planning as appropriate.

Out of hours

You will contribute to the Cardiologist of the week rota (daytimes and weekend). The weekend commitment is about 1 in 17, although this may change to a small extent over time. You are not expected to cover interventional cardiology, but all other aspects of general cardiology would be your responsibility.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder is encouraged to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students and training junior doctors. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holders contribution toteaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review, and participation beyond that included in everyday activity could potentially attract additional time in job planning.

There is an active programme of research in the Department, and we are looking to continue to develop our clinical research in heart failure, as well as to continue to build links with relatedpreclinical researchers.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and externalaccrediting bodies. All newly appointed consultants within the Trust are provided with a named mentor and regular meetings support reflective practice.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditionsof Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs Oxford University Hospitals

ManagementThe post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his /her patients and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the leadclinician and/or directorate chair.

Administrative support and facilities for the post holder is providedin the form of office space and the band 4 and band 3 secretarial support the department receives. The proposed SPA is subject to review at job planning review within the first year of appointment.

Risk Management

The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest and open environment.Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.

Staff should be familiar with the:

• Major Incident Policy
• Fire Police and should make themselves familiar with the local response plan and their role within that response

Responsibilities for Health & Safety

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations andTrust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyones responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of HealthcareAssociated Infections.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC
• MB BS or Equivalent, MRCP
• Cardiac MRI accreditation
• BSE Accreditation in transoesophageal and/or stress echocardiography
• BSE Accreditation in transthoracic echocardiography or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Higher medical degree: MD or PHD

Professional Training

Essential

• CCT in cardiology with sub-speciality modules in both heart failure and cardiac imaging (For candidates who qualified before the current sub-speciality modules system, >5 years of consultant level experience in these areas is considered equivalent)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Ability to supervise a community and hospital heart failure multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Evidence of interest and experience in clinical research

Desirable

• Management qualification.
• Peer reviewed publications on Heart Failure or Cardiac Imaging

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience in heart failure inpatient and outpatient management
• Evidence of experience of running a maternal cardiology clinic / service
• Evidence of experience in assessment for cardiac transplantation and the management of advanced heart failure
• Evidence of experience of general cardiology outpatient management. Acute cardiology (excluding primary PCI/complex intervention).

Desirable

• Evidence of experience in another advanced imaging modality

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)