Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant to join our Cardiology Team
This post is for a Locum Consultant in Cardiology with a subspeciality interest in heart failure that gives the opportunity to help developing the heart failure service in the trust. The department is seeking a full-time 12-month fixed term Locum Consultant Cardiologist with additional weekend on-call 0.5 PA. The vacancy will offer an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Suitable candidate will be supported to develop and maintain their subspecialty skills.
Main duties of the job
- The work schedule will be based on a standard 40-hour contract of 10 Programmed Activities (PA's), with 7.5 clinical sessions. (a minimum of 2 of these are non-direct clinical: nDCC, i.e., admin, MDT, M & M etc).
- There will therefore be 2.5 SPAs, including 1.5 for revalidation and 1 to be developed over the first 6 months of the post appointment.
- Additional 0.5 PA is added for contribution to weekend Rota (currently 1:10). Out of hours work outside weekends ward rounds is mainly that of telephone advice with very infrequent hospital attendance. Current compensation for this element is 5%.
- The clinical timetable has been designed to attract the best candidates to this Trust. It is however; open to discussion and alteration with the aims of being in the best interests of the service and meeting individual needs:
- The exact allocations for consultant's sub-specialty interests and invasive cardiology will be arranged for each consultant according to competencies and coordinated with further new sessions created as required.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will take an equal share of the cardiology ward inpatient beds on a rotational basis.
- During CCU usual fixed commitments will be cancelled or covered by another consultant cardiologist.
- During the cardiologist on call week, the consultant cardiologists undertake daily ward rounds on the CCU including weekends and provide out-of-hours consultant cover the phone with a frequency of 1 in 10 weeks.
- In addition to CCU ward rounds the on-call consultant see inpatients consultation referrals from other wards.
- On call commitments also involve weekend attendance to the cardiology ward to post-take new patients and review patients who requires senior review from previous handover.
- The post holder will provide out ofhours 5pm-9 am normal days and all weekends advice to the on-call team. Telephone advice is not frequent based on our experience and rarely require attendance to hospital out of hours, for example for temporary pacing wire insertion.
- In addition to 0.5PA for weekend ward rounds a supplement of 5% is paid for on call availability. They are not involved in the General Medicine on call rota. There is no commitment to General Internal Medicine oncall or GIM post take ward rounds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will take an equal share of the cardiology ward inpatient beds on a rotational basis.
- During CCU usual fixed commitments will be cancelled or covered by another consultant cardiologist.
- During the cardiologist on call week, the consultant cardiologists undertake daily ward rounds on the CCU including weekends and provide out-of-hours consultant cover the phone with a frequency of 1 in 10 weeks.
- In addition to CCU ward rounds the on-call consultant see inpatients consultation referrals from other wards.
- On call commitments also involve weekend attendance to the cardiology ward to post-take new patients and review patients who requires senior review from previous handover.
- The post holder will provide out ofhours 5pm-9 am normal days and all weekends advice to the on-call team. Telephone advice is not frequent based on our experience and rarely require attendance to hospital out of hours, for example for temporary pacing wire insertion.
- In addition to 0.5PA for weekend ward rounds a supplement of 5% is paid for on call availability. They are not involved in the General Medicine on call rota. There is no commitment to General Internal Medicine oncall or GIM post take ward rounds.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
- MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care
- Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the cardiology curriculum and applying to this post
- Competency in Heart Failure management
- Competency in Pacing, Nuclear or Cardiology and/ or CT angiography
- Evidence of appropriate teaching experience
- Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit/research within team structure
Desirable
- Cardiology subspecialty interest suitable for DGH development
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, presentations, publications
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates skills in written and spoken communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- To use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems / make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others. Able to work in multi-professional teams & supervise junior medical staff
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Ability to operate under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
- Ability to take responsibility for own actions
- Up to date and fit to practice safely
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
- MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care
- Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the cardiology curriculum and applying to this post
- Competency in Heart Failure management
- Competency in Pacing, Nuclear or Cardiology and/ or CT angiography
- Evidence of appropriate teaching experience
- Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit/research within team structure
Desirable
- Cardiology subspecialty interest suitable for DGH development
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, presentations, publications
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates skills in written and spoken communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- To use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems / make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others. Able to work in multi-professional teams & supervise junior medical staff
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Ability to operate under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
- Ability to take responsibility for own actions
- Up to date and fit to practice safely
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).
