Job summary
The department of Cardiology provides a service to Herefordshire and neighbouring counties including Powys. There is a focus on patient centred care and there is a strong team-based approach. Both in-patient services and out-patient services are provided at the County Hospital, in central Hereford.
The team are looking to recruit a substantive full-time Specialist Doctor, expanding and shaping the medical workforce supporting to develop and grow our existing Cardiology service.
There is a fully equipped Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. There are 15 general cardiology inpatient beds based on Lugg ward and separate 6 bed Coronary Care Unit.
There is a heart and lung unit which includes 4 echo rooms, a pacing check room, an exercise room and a room for MDT/teaching.
The Cardiology Department is complemented by Advanced Care Practitioners on the wards, Clinical Nurse Specialists in outpatients, Heart Failure Nurses, a Cardiac Rehabilitation Team, a team of Physiologists and GP Clinical Assistants. The Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory is partly supported with visiting staff from In-Health medical. There are two first year cardiology registrars appointed as part of the West Midlands rotation.
This post may close early due to applications .
Main duties of the job
This role is a new appointment to make a team of seven Consultants plus this new addition.
Given increasing demand and demographics a further devices and electrophysiology specialist is needed. The department has an excellent record or staying at the forefront of pacing technology. Since the appointment of Antony French we are a centre for HIS and now LBB area pacing and Antony is a national mentor technology to others. There are advances plans to develop AV nodal ablation locally and other developments such as S-ICD or leadless devices would be possible depending on the appointee's expertise. The new appointee can be trained and mentored in for example conducting system pacing if they have limited experience.
About us
About Us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust & Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute & community services across Herefordshire & into parts of Powys & run Hereford County Hospital & the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive & forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural & unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance & have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career & a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This appointment will allow a cardiologist of the week model of a 1 in 7 basis with all other activity cancelled during that week allowing proactive troubleshooting of cardiology problems on the ward and in the Ed during normal working hours. That week would include a Saturday and Sunday CCU morning round and ward round referrals also seen if time allows.
General cardiology on call will be on a 1 in 7 basis during the weekend and 1 in 8 at weekends (Friday through Sunday).
A clinic workload will be either 11 follow up patients (telephone clinic) or 3 new and 5 follow up patients (face to face). There will be some cross cover for device activity that will be addressed and funded in the job plan. The appointee would work autonomously and independently.
There is no GIM component to the job, but occasionally patients with GIM problems are admitted to cardiology beds.
A day per week will be cardiac electrophysiology at the University Hospital Birmingham mentored by Dr Mauro Lencion.
Rapid cardiology clinics (including rapid access chest pain clinics) take place every weekday, run by GP's with a special interest in cardiology, clinical nurse specialist and clinical fellows.
Devices, TOE and cardiac catheterisation are carried out in a fixed modular laboratory. LBB area pacing has been established, there are plans for AV nodal ablation. Facilities are available for both exercise and pharmacological stress TTE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This appointment will allow a cardiologist of the week model of a 1 in 7 basis with all other activity cancelled during that week allowing proactive troubleshooting of cardiology problems on the ward and in the Ed during normal working hours. That week would include a Saturday and Sunday CCU morning round and ward round referrals also seen if time allows.
General cardiology on call will be on a 1 in 7 basis during the weekend and 1 in 8 at weekends (Friday through Sunday).
A clinic workload will be either 11 follow up patients (telephone clinic) or 3 new and 5 follow up patients (face to face). There will be some cross cover for device activity that will be addressed and funded in the job plan. The appointee would work autonomously and independently.
There is no GIM component to the job, but occasionally patients with GIM problems are admitted to cardiology beds.
A day per week will be cardiac electrophysiology at the University Hospital Birmingham mentored by Dr Mauro Lencion.
Rapid cardiology clinics (including rapid access chest pain clinics) take place every weekday, run by GP's with a special interest in cardiology, clinical nurse specialist and clinical fellows.
Devices, TOE and cardiac catheterisation are carried out in a fixed modular laboratory. LBB area pacing has been established, there are plans for AV nodal ablation. Facilities are available for both exercise and pharmacological stress TTE.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Licence to Practice
Desirable
- Higher Degree (e.g. MD/PhD)
- Formal qualification in devices or electrophysiology (BHRS or equivalent)
Experience & Training
Essential
- Widespread NHS experience in general cardiology and independent and skilled in cardiac electrophysiology and experience in device therapy
- Ability to work independently and autonomously as cardiologist of the week and on call
Desirable
- Interest in audit & management experience in Cardiology
Research
Desirable
- Completed thesis
- Publications in peer reviewed medical journals
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to carry out duties as set out in the attached job description competently and subject to any aids and / or adaptions as may reasonably be required
- Access to transport
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good communicator both oral and written
- Demonstrate success of working within and leading a multi-disciplinary team
- Enthusiasm for service development and for teaching
- Flexible outlook on working hours
Desirable
- Management skills
- Willingness to adapt to the needs of the department and development of services
Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Licence to Practice
Desirable
- Higher Degree (e.g. MD/PhD)
- Formal qualification in devices or electrophysiology (BHRS or equivalent)
Experience & Training
Essential
- Widespread NHS experience in general cardiology and independent and skilled in cardiac electrophysiology and experience in device therapy
- Ability to work independently and autonomously as cardiologist of the week and on call
Desirable
- Interest in audit & management experience in Cardiology
Research
Desirable
- Completed thesis
- Publications in peer reviewed medical journals
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to carry out duties as set out in the attached job description competently and subject to any aids and / or adaptions as may reasonably be required
- Access to transport
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good communicator both oral and written
- Demonstrate success of working within and leading a multi-disciplinary team
- Enthusiasm for service development and for teaching
- Flexible outlook on working hours
Desirable
- Management skills
- Willingness to adapt to the needs of the department and development of services
Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
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).
