Job summary
Our busy coronary intervention service offers Elective, ACS and 24/7 primary PCI to Worcestershire and Herefordshire and runs alongside an EP and complex device service, a mature cardiac imaging department with CT, CMR and complex echo and Inpatient wards and coronary care unit on 2 sites.
The cardiology service is supported by strong teams of physiologists, CCU and cardiology ward nurses, cardiac assessment nurses and cardiac rehabilitation nurses, and by a county-wide nurse-led rapid-access chest pain clinic. A team of community and hospital-based heart failure nurse specialists provide an excellent clinical service and maintain close liaison with the hospital cardiology team.
Main duties of the job
This post is designed to offer experience in the full range of PCI for a candidate near completion of training. with exposure to intravascular ultrasound, OCT, Rotablation, bifurcation and LMS and CTO PCI. The post will also offer an opportunity for involvement and responsibility for recruitment to interventional cardiology trials.
During this one year post, the duties of the posts are care of the patients in or coming to the cardiac catheter suite. Diagnostic and invasive procedures under consultant supervision will include up to 8 cardiac catheter lab sessions, 1 outpatient clinic and a dedicated administration session.
The Trust works closely with 3 surgical centres, and the post holder will also prepare cases for and support regular multi-disciplinary meetings. Further opportunities can be available for cardiac imaging experience.
The department are actively involved in interventional cardiology trials run by three Cardiology Research Nurses, employed with funding from the CLRN, Oxford Research Group and local funding. The post holder will be expected to support the recruitment to current trials and have an interest in undertaking research.
The typical candidate should be near completion of an accredited Cardiology training programme, or post CCT, holding full MRCP, with a minimum of five years cardiology experience.
Support will be given to attend regional and national meetings of interest to an interventional cardiology fellow.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Cardiac Catheter Lab up to 8 sessions per week
PCI on-call approx. 1:7
Outpatients 1 clinic per week
Assisting the consultant with relevant procedures and investigations, with a view to becoming an independent operator
Maintaining a training portfolio (and logbook of procedures where applicable).
Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings
Participation in recruitment and data management for clinical trials/audit projects
Participation in Mortality & Morbidity case reviews.
Teaching of junior cardiology trainees
Job description
Job responsibilities
Cardiac Catheter Lab up to 8 sessions per week
PCI on-call approx. 1:7
Outpatients 1 clinic per week
Assisting the consultant with relevant procedures and investigations, with a view to becoming an independent operator
Maintaining a training portfolio (and logbook of procedures where applicable).
Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings
Participation in recruitment and data management for clinical trials/audit projects
Participation in Mortality & Morbidity case reviews.
Teaching of junior cardiology trainees
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP (full)
- ALS provider
- Eligible for full GMC registration with Licence to Practise at the time of appointment
Desirable
- Completion of specialist training and entry onto GMC specialist register in Cardiology.
Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years full time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least 2 years of which will be in a Cardiology training programme and have completed it or be near completion.
- At least 5 years clinical experience within Cardiology.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty and sufficient experience.
- Fully competent in diagnostic angiography.
- Experience in basic PCI , ready to gain experience in more independent and complex PCI.
Desirable
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Research experience
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research.
Management and administrative experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
Teaching experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Diplomatic and tactful.
- Flexible approach to work duties.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Ability to organise and manage workload priorities.
Other requirements
Essential
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- Workplace Health Clearance by time of appointment.
- Access to transport and ability to travel across hospital sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP (full)
- ALS provider
- Eligible for full GMC registration with Licence to Practise at the time of appointment
Desirable
- Completion of specialist training and entry onto GMC specialist register in Cardiology.
Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years full time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least 2 years of which will be in a Cardiology training programme and have completed it or be near completion.
- At least 5 years clinical experience within Cardiology.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty and sufficient experience.
- Fully competent in diagnostic angiography.
- Experience in basic PCI , ready to gain experience in more independent and complex PCI.
Desirable
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Research experience
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research.
Management and administrative experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
Teaching experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Diplomatic and tactful.
- Flexible approach to work duties.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Ability to organise and manage workload priorities.
Other requirements
Essential
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- Workplace Health Clearance by time of appointment.
- Access to transport and ability to travel across hospital sites
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).
