Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Fellow

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge invites applications for a Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and Heart Transplantation. The post is for one year with possible extension by mutual agreement and offers sub-specialty training.

The Fellow will join the Transplant Unit and work with six transplant cardiologists and a rotating registrar, gaining experience in inpatient and outpatient care, clinics, labs, and multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Sub-specialty training in advanced heart failure, MCS and heart transplantation.
• Participation in clinical audit and research.
• Engagement in teaching and portfolio development.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of patient care under Consultant supervision with appropriate guidance.
• Read and follow the Transplant unit SOPs and maintain accurate notes.
• Attend clinics, catheter labs, ward rounds and clinical meetings.
• Undertake supervised procedures and contribute to teaching activities.
• Engage in training activities, maintaining portfolio and personal development plan.
• Participate in mandatory training and adhere to Trust policies.

Skills

Cardiology

Advanced heart failure

Mechanical circulatory support

Heart transplantation

Job description

This is a Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and Heart Transplantation. The post is available for one year, with a possibility of extension by mutual agreement.

This Fellowship post in the Transplant Unit at Royal Papworth Hospital provides an opportunity for a Cardiologist to receive sub-specialty training in the management of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

The post-holder will work with the six existing Transplant Cardiologists and one Health Education East of England rotating cardiology registrar as part of the wider Transplant Team. The post will provide experience and training in all aspects of inpatients and outpatient care of advanced heart failure and heart transplant patients.

Successful candidates in the role will receiving training opportunities on par with a UK trainee and the post-holder will have a trained and named educational supervisor, be mentored by the existing team with regular meetings and oversight by the whole team.

Informal visits can be arranged through Dr Pettit or Dr Bhagra.

Main duties of the job

1. Delivery of patient care under Consultant supervision, seeking advice or assistance as required according to level of experience.
2. To read and abide by the standard operating procedures of the Transplant unit.
3. Completion of accurate records, such as patient notes and discharge summaries.
4. Attendance at clinics, catheter labs, ward rounds and clinical meetings.
5. Undertaking procedures which will be directly or indirectly supervised as appropriate for level of experience.
6. Participation in clinical audit and research
7. Participation in regular timetabled teaching of other junior medical staff, students and non-medical staff.
8. Participation in training activities, maintaining portfolio and personal development plan.
9. Attendance at mandatory training.
10. Compliance with the policies and procedures of the Trust.
11. Adherence to the working pattern of the specialty and participating in the monitoring of hours as required by the Trust.
12. Notify the appropriate consultant if unavailable to attend work
13. Booking annual leave in accordance with the departmental arrangements and policies of Trust

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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