Job summary
Applications are invited for our post Completion of Training (CCT)
Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship based at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust. This post is for a fixed term period 1 year, with the potential to
extend for a further year. Applications from ST6+ (or equivalent) would be
welcomed as well.
You should have full MRCP, and a minimum of five years
cardiology experience.
The post-holder will undertake weekend day cardiology cover on a
1:6 basis at Alexandra Hospital Redditch
Main duties of the job
You will undertake up to 7 clinical sessions of multimodality
cardiovascular imaging (Cardiac MRI, Advanced Echocardiography and CT Coronary
Angiography). The uniqueness of this
fellowship is the successful candidate will have the opportunity to focus on
specific modalities and create an individual training program which would be
designed to allow the fellow to achieve their goals / accreditation.
As the Cardiovascular Imaging Fellow, you will be involved in
the governance aspects of non-invasive imaging and help run the MDT.
The expectation of the imaging fellow will be they are
independent in transthoracic echocardiography to the level of the British
Society of Echocardiography accreditation or equivalence. The fellow will be
expected to support junior trainees in transthoracic echocardiography
training.
The successful applicant will also be expected to participate in
audit and research within the department.
The successful candidate will undertake one general cardiology
outpatient clinic, semi-autonomously (with support from a consultant as
required).
The successful candidate will also contribute to the running of
the acute cardiology referrals service and / or Worcestershire Heart Centre
(ambulatory Cardiology unit).
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 over 7,000 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
You would be joining a
cross-county team of 17 cardiologists providing a comprehensive Cardiology
service to the County of Worcestershire with a local population of 550,000 and
increasing tertiary level services such as PCI for Herefordshire, across our
STP with a population of around 800,000.
Outpatient clinics supported by cardiology diagnostics are
offered at the Trusts 3 main sites (Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster),
with Cardiology clinics also provided in community settings in Evesham,
Droitwich, Bromsgrove and Malvern.
In-patient services are provided in Worcester and Redditch. Complex echo
is based at Worcester, cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT is provided for in and out
patients on all 3 main sites. The cardiac catheter laboratories and pacing
facilities are located in Worcester.
The Cardiology Directorate is committed to continually improving
services and has expanded considerably in recent years with continued
development momentum. Our percutaneous coronary intervention service started in
2008 and treats over 1000 patients and 350 STEMI patients per year. The pacing
service started in 2002 and currently implants 250 new devices/year for
bradycardia management, in addition to box changes and loop recorders. A
complex device service was started in 2013, with more than 200 complex device implants
annually. A local invasive EP service at
Worcester was started in February 2017, supported by the longstanding links
with UHCW.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust undertakes
multimodality cardiovascular imaging in advanced echocardiography
(Transoesophageal and Stress) (GE 6 x E95, 1 X E90, 2 X S70N, 2 X VividI),
Cardiac MRI (Siemans Avanto 1.5 T, Philips Ingenia 1.5T) and Cardiac CT (Canon
Aquilion Prime 160, Canon Aquillion One Prism Edition). Our centre performs
approximately 150 TOEs, 270 Stress Echos, 500 Cardiac MRIs and 670 Cardiac CTs
per year with numbers expected to increase. Cardiac imaging is performed both
for inpatients and outpatients for a
variety of indications, providing a wide variety clinical imaging exposure. Cardiac
CT is provided on all three sites and cardiac MRI at Worcester Royal Hospital
and Alexandra Hospital. Inpatient cardiac imaging services at the Worcester
Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital.
Imaging cardiologists are central to working of the heart team
and provide essential support and advice to other cardiologists, physicians and
healthcare professionals. The post-holder would be expected to provide similar
support to their colleagues.
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 is 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 post CCT from an accredited
cardiology training program. Applications will be considered from those near
completion. The successful applicant will hold full MRCP, with a minimum of
five years cardiology experience. The candidate would also be expected to be
able to perform transthoracic echocardiography independently and ideally should
be British Society Echocardiography accredited or equivalence.
The role would support a senior fellow / resident doctor to
build independence in their practice with support as required. The successful
candidate would undertake general cardiology duties in the form of a general
cardiology clinic (Kidderminster or Worcester), support Worcester Heart Centre (ambulatory
Cardiology Unit) and support the weekend on-call in general cardiology.
Support will be given to attend regional and national meetings
of interest to a cardiovascular imaging fellow.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You would be joining a
cross-county team of 17 cardiologists providing a comprehensive Cardiology
service to the County of Worcestershire with a local population of 550,000 and
increasing tertiary level services such as PCI for Herefordshire, across our
STP with a population of around 800,000.
Outpatient clinics supported by cardiology diagnostics are
offered at the Trusts 3 main sites (Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster),
with Cardiology clinics also provided in community settings in Evesham,
Droitwich, Bromsgrove and Malvern.
In-patient services are provided in Worcester and Redditch. Complex echo
is based at Worcester, cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT is provided for in and out
patients on all 3 main sites. The cardiac catheter laboratories and pacing
facilities are located in Worcester.
The Cardiology Directorate is committed to continually improving
services and has expanded considerably in recent years with continued
development momentum. Our percutaneous coronary intervention service started in
2008 and treats over 1000 patients and 350 STEMI patients per year. The pacing
service started in 2002 and currently implants 250 new devices/year for
bradycardia management, in addition to box changes and loop recorders. A
complex device service was started in 2013, with more than 200 complex device implants
annually. A local invasive EP service at
Worcester was started in February 2017, supported by the longstanding links
with UHCW.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust undertakes
multimodality cardiovascular imaging in advanced echocardiography
(Transoesophageal and Stress) (GE 6 x E95, 1 X E90, 2 X S70N, 2 X VividI),
Cardiac MRI (Siemans Avanto 1.5 T, Philips Ingenia 1.5T) and Cardiac CT (Canon
Aquilion Prime 160, Canon Aquillion One Prism Edition). Our centre performs
approximately 150 TOEs, 270 Stress Echos, 500 Cardiac MRIs and 670 Cardiac CTs
per year with numbers expected to increase. Cardiac imaging is performed both
for inpatients and outpatients for a
variety of indications, providing a wide variety clinical imaging exposure. Cardiac
CT is provided on all three sites and cardiac MRI at Worcester Royal Hospital
and Alexandra Hospital. Inpatient cardiac imaging services at the Worcester
Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital.
Imaging cardiologists are central to working of the heart team
and provide essential support and advice to other cardiologists, physicians and
healthcare professionals. The post-holder would be expected to provide similar
support to their colleagues.
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 is 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 post CCT from an accredited
cardiology training program. Applications will be considered from those near
completion. The successful applicant will hold full MRCP, with a minimum of
five years cardiology experience. The candidate would also be expected to be
able to perform transthoracic echocardiography independently and ideally should
be British Society Echocardiography accredited or equivalence.
The role would support a senior fellow / resident doctor to
build independence in their practice with support as required. The successful
candidate would undertake general cardiology duties in the form of a general
cardiology clinic (Kidderminster or Worcester), support Worcester Heart Centre (ambulatory
Cardiology Unit) and support the weekend on-call in general cardiology.
Support will be given to attend regional and national meetings
of interest to a cardiovascular imaging fellow.
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.
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
- Completion of specialist training and entry onto GMC specialist register in Cardiology (near completion of training will be considered
- British Society of Echocardiography Transthoracic Accreditation or Equivalent
Desirable
Professional Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
- Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
- Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years full time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least 4 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 post-graduate Cardiology
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty and sufficient experience
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Experience in TOE and Stress Echocardiography
- Experience in Cardiac CT
- Experience in Cardiac MRI
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
- Flexible approach to work duties.
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
- Ability to work antisocial hours.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making
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.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.
Desirable
- Critical appraisal skills.
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
- Completion of specialist training and entry onto GMC specialist register in Cardiology (near completion of training will be considered
- British Society of Echocardiography Transthoracic Accreditation or Equivalent
Desirable
Professional Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
- Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
- Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years full time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least 4 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 post-graduate Cardiology
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty and sufficient experience
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Experience in TOE and Stress Echocardiography
- Experience in Cardiac CT
- Experience in Cardiac MRI
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
- Flexible approach to work duties.
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
- Ability to work antisocial hours.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making
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.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.
Desirable
- Critical appraisal skills.
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
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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).
