Job summary
Advertising for a Locum Consultant in Cardiology Medicine. This is a 9 PA post and fixed term post for 12 months.

To support the Cardiology service through extended waiting lists recovery due to a significant backlog.

The job plan will therefore be significantly flexible to meet the needs of the service - and will include outpatient clinics alongside being part of a 1:8 on call consultant rota.

Main duties of the job
The appointee is expected to have a wide range of experience in all aspects of Cardiology and general medicine. The appointee will work alongside the existing team to provide comprehensive service provision.

Duties will involve delivery of outpatient clinics and service development, with the opportunity to potentially work within one other specialist pathways. Additionally the appointee will provide cover for the dedicated ward by delivering ward rounds and providing specialist advice to other areas of Bradford Royal Infirmary.

About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities
The appointee will be expected to participate in student education, administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, participate in the running of the department in collaboration with consultant colleagues, communicate with local practitioners, supporting nursing and other AHP members of the team.

The appointee will be expected to take an active interest in clinical governance, maintaining medical excellence and management and service development. Clinical audit is a mandatory requirement within the Trust and the appointee will be expected to attend and participate in audit and clinical governance. It is expected that the appointee will make use of opportunities for continuing medical education on a regular basis in the form of local, regional, national and international clinical meetings. The appointee will be encouraged to take part in the administration of CME and to accrue the number of CME credits determined by the Royal College of Physicians. There is a requirement to participate in the annual consultant appraisal programme.

The Appointee will also be expected to work with our increasing digital services such as virtual ward and advice and guidance systems to help develop and modernize Cardiology care.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Evidence of completing an approved period of training in Cardiology
• Comprehensive experience in Cardiology
• Experience in advanced coronary intervention & cath lab service development
• Proven team working ability
• Clinical audit experience

Skills
Essential

• Ability to perform the requirements of the post
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations
• Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams

Qualifications
Essential

• MBChB or equivalent
• MRCP or FRCS of equivalent to specialty (UK) or equivalent
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) or equivalent
• GMC Registration and continue to hold a licence to practice

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).