Job summary
GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Cardio-Respiratory & Critical Care
Clinical Fellow in Cardiology
Nodal Point - 3
Full Time - 40 hours per week plus on calls
Fixed Term - 6 months

Main duties of the job
This is a non-training post aimed at an experienced SHOs seeking to gain more clinical and practical experience prior to embarking on higher ST training. In this post you will form part of a team of 17 SHOs, including Deanery Trainees, and will have identical timetables and training opportunities.

On a rotating basis the post holder will be based on the cardiology wards, the coronary care unit, led by the cardiology consultant and supported by the Specialist Registrar. On call duties are partial shift compliant with the New Junior Doctor Contract.

Regular consultant-led teaching on specialist cardiology topics are provided every week and there are weekly multidisciplinary meetings, for all subspecialties, that provide excellent training opportunities. The rota is also designed with built in educational opportunities to attend the outpatient clinics and cardiac catheterisation laboratories

About us
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences Centre.

All our vacancies can be viewed on our website.

Our excellent benefits include final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.

Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement

Job responsibilities
This is a non-training post aimed at experienced ST1/2 level SHOs. You will join a team of 17 SHOs, including Deanery Trainees, and will have identical timetables and training opportunities. Clinical duties include management of cardiology inpatients in a tertiary centre setting, managing the coronary care unit, participating in the coronary catheterisation labs and cardiology outpatient clinics.

On a rotating basis the post holder will be assigned to subspecialty teams on the cardiology wards & the coronary care unit, led by the Cardiology Consultant and supported by the Specialist Registrar. On call duties are partial shift compliant with the New Junior Doctor Contract and include receiving acute patients via the busy primary PCI service.

Clinical responsibilities include: participation in the daily ward round and completion of ward round duties; prescribing cardiology medication; managing interspecialty referrals; admission clerking of interhospital transfers; assessment of sick & deteriorating patients; and discharge documentation.

Regular consultant-led teaching on specialist cardiology topics are provided every week and there are weekly multidisciplinary meetings, for all subspecialties, that provide excellent training opportunities. The rota is also designed with built in educational opportunities to attend the outpatient clinics and cardiac catheterisation laboratories.

We also have a number of available audit projects, educational roles and leadership opportunities to enhance your CV and provide engagement with the wider cardiology team. All SHOs will have an assigned educational supervisor.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Advanced Life Support certification
• Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

• MRCS part 1 or Equivalent
• Higher degree

Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential

• Full GMC Registration

Previous experience
Essential

• Completed foundation program/ CREST (foundation equivalent)
• Cardiology experience

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential

• Well written application i.e. good communication
• Career progression consistent with Professional circumstances
• Familiarity with cardiology presentations
• Experience in central lines/ art lines
• Competent in cannulation & ABGs

Teaching
Essential

• Has coordinated and delivered a teaching program
• Has regularly delivered clinical teaching
• Has participated in some medical student/FY teaching

Research and Audit
Essential

• Completed 2 cycles of an audit
• Has undertaken a clinical audit
• Has undertaken clinical research/ has a research publication

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Apply through our website). 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 (Apply through our website).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (Apply through our website).