Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
These posts are well suited but not limited - to Junior Doctors-in-training, wanting to have exposure to Paediatric Cardiology with aim to enhance their experience for career progression or as out-of-programme experience. The post provides exposure to all aspects of Congenital Heart Disease.
Two posts full-time (40hrs per week) fixed term to commence 7 August 2024 until 5 August 2025 with possibility of extension for another 12 months.
Two posts part time (20hrs per week) fixed term for an initial period of six months commencing as soon as possible.
During the appointment, you will be attached to the Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in ward rounds with senior colleagues and involved with outpatient day cases. During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions. There is a formal teaching within the department including participation in journal club.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
To care for patients with Congenital Heart Diseases and patients in heart failure pre and post heart transplantation.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Abbas Khushnood, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist on 0191 2336161 Ext 37318 or via email at a.khushnood@nhs.net
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. 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.
Please read attached Recruitment Pack.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
To work in a busy Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in daily cardiology ward rounds with senior colleagues including specialist ward rounds. Involved with inpatient/outpatient day cases.
During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions.
Administrative:
Admission clerking and other ward-based duties like assessments, daily or more frequent clinical review as necessary, prescribing, requesting investigations and actioning results.
Completing discharge summaries in timely manner.
Research:
Opportunities to participate in ongoing or new research projects within the department.
To develop and pursue research ideas within congenital cardiology with the support of consultants.
Teaching:
There is a formal teaching programme specifically for SHOs within the department on a weekly basis.
Participating in weekly journal club, bedside teaching, teaching medical students and attending MDT sessions.
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:
To work in a busy Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in daily cardiology ward rounds with senior colleagues including specialist ward rounds. Involved with inpatient/outpatient day cases.
During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions.
Administrative:
Admission clerking and other ward-based duties like assessments, daily or more frequent clinical review as necessary, prescribing, requesting investigations and actioning results.
Completing discharge summaries in timely manner.
Research:
Opportunities to participate in ongoing or new research projects within the department.
To develop and pursue research ideas within congenital cardiology with the support of consultants.
Teaching:
There is a formal teaching programme specifically for SHOs within the department on a weekly basis.
Participating in weekly journal club, bedside teaching, teaching medical students and attending MDT sessions.
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 and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non-EEA applicants)
- Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent
- APLS
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in paediatrics neonates and paediatric cardiology
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Desirable
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit projects
Desirable
- Organised or contributed to an audit project that has resulted in change
- Research experience
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- To be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Desirable
- Neat, legible writing of notes/charts.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
- Good crisis management
- Ability to cope with stressful situations
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
- Initiative
- Ability to organise
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non-EEA applicants)
- Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent
- APLS
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in paediatrics neonates and paediatric cardiology
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Desirable
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit projects
Desirable
- Organised or contributed to an audit project that has resulted in change
- Research experience
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- To be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Desirable
- Neat, legible writing of notes/charts.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
- Good crisis management
- Ability to cope with stressful situations
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
- Initiative
- Ability to organise
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).
