Clinical Fellow - Echocardiography

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Clinical Fellow in Echocardiography to join a busy department. Your role includes contributing to the clinical workload and receiving extensive training in echocardiography. Ideal candidates will have GMC registration, required medical qualifications, and substantial experience in cardiology. This position offers a supportive environment for professional development and research involvement.

Qualifications

• GMC registration is required for this position.
• MB BS or equivalent is essential to apply.
• Substantial experience in general medicine is crucial.
• Extensive experience in cardiology is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the clinical workload of the department.
• Provide medical support to non-invasive cardiology.
• Participate in infection control and governance.
• Maintain confidentiality of personal information.

Skills

Evidence of competence in care of cardiac patients at StR level.

Fully competent in transthoracic echocardiography

Basic PCI experience

Evidence of participation in an audit project

Understanding of clinical risk management

Effective communication in written and spoken English

Ability to make decisions and show leadership

Evidence of teaching experience

Education

Full registration with the GMC

MB BS (or equivalent)

MRCP part 1 (or equivalent)

MRCP part 2 (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow in Echocardiography to work at Denmark Hill. The Echo department provides transthoracic, TOE, 3-D, DSE and stress exercise echo and contrast studies for all specialties in the Trust. King's College Hospital is a renowned research institution and encourages participation in new and ongoing projects.

Main duties

The post holder will be responsible for contributing on a full-time basis to the clinical workload of the department and also providing more limited medical support to non-invasive cardiology in general. The post holder will be trained in aspects of clinical and echocardiographic assessment, patient selection, and programming. The successful candidate will also be trained in advanced aspects of Echo and will gain high volume experience. It is one of the busiest Echo departments in Europe and has a good track record for teaching and research.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues. The post-holder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post-holder.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the GMC
• MB BS (or equivalent)
• MRCP part 1 (or equivalent)
• MRCP part 2 (or equivalent)

Desirable

• PhD, MD (original research)
• Other degrees/qualifications
• BSE or EACVI Adult Echo Accreditation or equivalent

Previous experience

Essential

• Substantial experience in general medicine
• Extensive experience in cardiology

Desirable

• ALS (or equivalent) within 2 years
• Research experience, presentations, publications

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

Essential

• Evidence of competence in care of cardiac patients at StR level.
• Fully competent in transthoracic echocardiography
• Basic PCI experience
• Evidence of participation and active involvement in an audit project
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate; ability to produce legible documentation
• The ability to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority; empathise with patients and work co-operatively with others
• Evidence of teaching experience and involvement in organised teaching

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints; management/financial awareness; exposure to committee work
• Information technology skills
• Academic prizes and honours
• Enthusiasm for teaching; exposure to different groups/teaching methods
• Teaching the teachers course and certificate

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