Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

The post-holder will contribute to the interventional service, including the full range of interventional techniques and provision of Primary PCI on-call cover. They will be allowed to develop other special interests of their choice according to the service needs of the department. The post holder will be expected to work in close collaboration with the existing team of consultant cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and allied specialities.

The post attracts 10 Programmed Activities per week for approximately a 1 in 11 on-call for intervention at Freeman Hospital and 1:16 CCU day cover at RVI Hospital.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job
We are advertising for a Substantive Consultant Cardiologist (10 PAs). This is a new post which will be working mainly at the Freeman Hospital Cardiothoracic Unit. The post-holder will have broad general cardiology skills with a special interest in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). They will be allowed to develop other special interests of their choice according to the service needs of the department. There will be opportunities to develop and contribute to continuing education, professional development, audit and research within the Division and the Trust. There is the expectation of collaborative working with colleagues, allied specialities and liaison with other disciplines throughout the trust and network.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Kristian Bailey by phone on 0191 28 21515 or at Kristian.Bailey2@nhs.net, or Dr Mohamed Farag by phone on 0191 21 39920 or via email at MohamedFarag@nhs.net

About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job responsibilities
Clinical:
The post will form part of the consultant PCI on-call rota. PCI sessions will be in the on-call urgent cardiac catheter lab dealing with patients presenting with ACS including STEMI and NSTEMI from around the region. The candidate will also have elective sessions.

To provide expert care for patients admitted to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals with cardiology conditions and to provide specialist interventional cardiology opinion to colleagues in referring hospitals around the region, as needed.

To provide clinical expertise in the sub-specialist area appropriate to the training and expertise of the appointee and the service needs of the department.

To provide in-patient opinions and, where appropriate, continuing supervision for patients with cardiology conditions.

The appointees will contribute to the on-call consultant interventional cardiologist rota at the Freeman. The frequency of on-call will be approximately a 1-in-11 shared with PCI colleagues from the Freeman. The interventionist is typically on call. It is anticipated the successful candidate will contribute a regular daytime on-call PCI session weekly in addition to on-call for PCI out of hours.

Administrative:
The appointee will participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities.

Assist the Cardiothoracic Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.

Contribute to the general organisation and running of Cardiothoracic Services within the Trust, working in collaboration with colleagues and report to the Clinical Director.

The appointee will manage their own cardiac catheter lab sessions to ensure efficient use of resources, to include supervision of trainees. They will contribute to the management of the Cardiology Clinic service overall.

Research:
The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high-profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.

Teaching:
Participate in the teaching of undergraduate students in both medicine and dentistry. The Cardiology Department provides intensive teaching during the Foundations of Clinical Practice Cardiology teaching week. In addition, the unit teaches students within various phases of the course, including, but not limited to, Student Selected Components and Hospital Based Practice teaching.

Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for the education development of Foundation doctors, Core Medical Trainees, and Specialty Training Registrars.

Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.

Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• Holder of membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher research degree (MD or PhD)
• Special skills training in the specialty

Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Evidence of experience and competency in PCI
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre

Desirable

• Evidence of a special interest in complex PCI

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Ability to run a service and participate in management process
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines

Desirable

• Proven management and administration ability
• Understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical, technical and practical skills

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential

• Experience of audit projects and Clinical Governance
• Understanding of research principles

Desirable

• Higher research degree (MSc, MD or PhD)
• Publications in interventional research in the last five years

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines

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).

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