Job Description
Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care. Join our team and support our vision of delivering the right care first time, every time.
Job overview
East Cheshire NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Cardiology.
The successful candidate will join within the Cardiology Department. The Consultants in Cardiology are based on the Cardiology ward (7) and the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) with a total of 32 beds, including 4 single rooms and a negative pressure room.
The post holder will contribute to the management of all the patients in the Cardiology Ward and will contribute to an in-reach service to the MAU, other medical wards and non-medical wards.
It will be expected that the post holder will be heavily involved in the management of inpatients with at least twice weekly ward rounds and further visits to the ward during the week to facilitate discharges and help with management of acutely unwell patients.
The Trust are actively looking to implement CTCA onsite at East Cheshire Trust and this post will support the initiation of that programme of work.
Interview Date: 25th July 2024
Main duties of the job
The appointee will havean important rolein the training of junior medical staff in the assessment and management of cardiology patients as well as contributing to MRCP PACES teaching and postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and speciality trainees.
The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly and achieve high quality care with particular emphasis on:
Managing in-patients in the cardiology wards including supervising junior medical staff.
Developing appropriate services to meet clinical needs within available resources.
Working together with colleagues in primary care and the community to ensure effective management of cardiology patients.
Participation in the education and training of medical students, doctors and professions allied to medicine including those in primary care.
Ensuring that optimal use is made of all resources allocated to the post.
Demonstration of a firm commitment to the principles of clinical governance.
Developing and maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit in the specialty, as appropriate.
Further developing services as indicated by recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians, NICE and specialist societies.
Working for our organisation
NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level. For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint. The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year’s experience in terms of nature, type and level of role. The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.
As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Qualification
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR or European Community Rights
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full registration with General Medicine Council (GMC) with license to practice
- Advanced life support
Clinical Experience
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST in Cardiology.
- Broad range of recent experience in Cardiology
- Expertise in relevant practical procedures e.g. insertion of pericardial drains (under u/s and Xray guidance), insertion of temporary pacing wires (under Xray guidance)
- Evidence of ability to change clinical practice and service provision
- Up to date practice in line with recent initiatives
Other Role Requirements
- Please refer to the person specification for other role requirements.
Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.
The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.
If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Stuart Russell / Rob Egdel Job title Consultant Cardiologist Email address stuart.russell@nhs.net Telephone number 01635 661778 Additional information
Dr Robin Egdell - Consultant Cardiologist
robin.egdell@nhs.net
Ali Shaw - General Manager -07920 765 214
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