Consultant Cardiologist at Kings College Hospital

Main area: Cardiology

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (10 sessions per week)

Job ref: 213-PRUH-MED-6802036

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Princess Royal University Hospital

Town: Orpington

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum excl. London Zone Allowance.

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 08/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

GENERAL

This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients and to provide and develop in-patient and out-patient cardiac services to the Trust’s. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

1. The provision of a first-class clinical service
2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP
4. Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
5. Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
6. Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
6. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.
9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained.
12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full MRCP
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
• BSE accreditation in trans-oesophageal echocardiography or equivalent

Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of cardiology, with a specialist interest in echocardiography.
• Special interest and experience in Valve Heart Disease and/or Heart Failure.
• Special interest and experience in other cardiac imaging modalities e.g. Cardiac CT.

Administration

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of cardiology services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.

Management and Leadership

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Research and Publications

• Experience of clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

IMPORTANT

• Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you.
• If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.

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