Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Cardiology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.

The postholder will contribute towards the delivery and development of both the inpatient and outpatient heart failure service at East & North Herts NHS Trust. They will also support the Cardiac Imaging Department through regular imaging sessions, including complex echocardiography and, where appropriate CMR for candidates with relevant experience.

The role includes participation to the 'Cardiologist of the Week' rota, which includes 1:9 weekend ward rounds. A strong commitment to the training and education of trainees and other staff members is essential.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant is expected to be actively involved in the Heart Failure Service at East and North Herts NHS Trust and will work closely with the Integrated Heart Failure Service (Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust) and the Hospital at Home Service.

In addition, they are expected to contribute to the cardiac imaging department. Extensive experience in complex echocardiography (TOE, stress echocardiography) is needed and experience in other imaging modalities (predominantly CMR, but also CT) is desirable.

The ideal candidate should have an interest in valvular heart disease, as we are currently in the process of setting up a Valve Clinic. The post holder will also contribute towards the general cardiology service at the Lister, including participation in the Cardiologist of the week Rota, which includes weekend cardiology ward rounds.

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities
The postholder will contribute towards the delivery and development of both the inpatient and outpatient heart failure service at East & North Herts NHS Trust. They will also support the Cardiac Imaging Department through regular imaging sessions, including complex echocardiography and, where appropriate CMR for candidates with relevant experience.

The role includes participation to the Cardiologist of the Week rota, which includes 1:9 weekend ward rounds. A strong commitment to the training and education of trainees and other staff members is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
• MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level
• Advanced Life Support

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

Previous Experience
Essential

• Broad range of experience in Cardiology
• Experience in Heart Failure
• Experience in Complex Echocardiography
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Desirable

• Experience in Cardiac MRI
• Experience in Valvular Heart Disease

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address: Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, stevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Director for Cardiology
Dr Athina Chasapi
athina.chasapi1@nhs.net
01438284041