Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Job description

Job responsibilities

The candidate will form part of a team of 9 cardiology ST1/2 doctors and 2 physicians associates responsible for the care of in-patients within the cardiology unit, working a shift system with a week of nights every 9 weeks (4 and 3 split), with prospective cover. The on-call specialty doctor is part of the cardiothoracic resuscitation team, and provides ward based-cover to the 3 cardiothoracic wards. The on call specialty doctor will be responsible for admitting cardiology referrals from the A and E department.

The candidate is responsible for the admission and preliminary management of elective and inter-hospitaltransfer patients. Each specialty doctor is assigned to a consultant team for regular ward rounds and 1-2-cardiology out-patients. There will be the opportunity to perform DC cardioversion for cardiac arrhythmias. There will be the opportunity to observe diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterisation, the insertion of temporary and permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, the insertion of intra-aortic balloon pumps, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. There may be the opportunity for further training in echocardiography and cardiac nuclear medicine for interested applicants. Continued cardiological education is maintained by weekly echocardiography meetings, weekly audit and mortality/morbidity meetings, and weekly angiographic meetings. In addition there is a regular registrar based clinical teaching session.

Participation in clinical audit is essential and there will be the opportunity to perform an audit project.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS
• Full Registration with GMC

Desirable

• MRCP/FRCA/FFICM part 1
• ACCS
• ATLS/ALS/APLS

Knowledge

Essential

• Completion of postgraduate training to level of FY2 or equivalent
• One year experience in acute medicine in secondary care at ST1/2 Grade

Desirable

• Experience in Cardiology at ST1/2 Grade
• Experience in Adult Critical Care

Personal Skills

Essential

• Good organisational skills
• Good communication skills
• Commitment to continuing personal development

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

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website

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