Consultant Cardiologist - Interest in Heart Failure

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated professional to enhance its heart failure service. This substantive role invites candidates with a passion for cardiology and aims to provide high-quality care while engaging in clinical governance and service development. Successful applicants will work across both Trust hospitals, contributing significantly to cardiac services in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Registered with GMC with experience in heart failure.
• Evidence of audit and research participation is beneficial.
• Completion of modular training in heart failure is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care for patients with heart failure.
• Participate in clinical audits and service developments.
• Supervise junior medical staff and ensure compliance with Good Medical Practice.

Skills

Heart failure management

Clinical governance

Team collaboration

Education

MB BS or equivalent

GMC Registration

CCT/CESR or equivalent

Job description

This is a new substantive appointment to the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust developed to deliver on demand for increased service provision and as part of our strategy of expanding and improving the delivery of Cardiology services.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is for the successful candidate to support and continue to develop the heart failure service at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. Additional specialist interests such as complex device implantation or imaging will be accommodated.

The post will be based at Tunbridge Wells however, with a view to cross-site work where required (Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals), as part of our vision of reconfiguring cardiac services and is suitable for a candidate with a specialist interest in heart failure. All clinical services provided by the Trust are managed on a cross-site basis therefore the post holder will have sessions at both of the Trust's hospitals.

About us

The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 480,000 in West Kent and Northeast Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital.

The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Chairman is Dr Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Chief Medical Officer is Dr Sara Mumford. Clinical services are organised into nine Directorates. The Chief of Service for Emergency Services is Dr Simon Webster, the Clinical Director for Specialist Medicine, is Dr Matt Szeto and the Clinical Lead for Cardiology is Dr Mihir Patel.

Job description
Job responsibilities

1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.3. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.4. To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.5. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.6. To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.7. To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.8. To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.9. To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.10. To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.11. To share in the on-call rota. To provide prospective cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.512. To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.13. To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.14. To undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. You must collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.15. To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.16. You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.17. Specialty out-patients clinics as appropriate for the post-holders special interests.18. Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.19. Participation on the management and future development of the Cardiology service

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS (or equivalent)
• Registration with GMC
• Possession or within 6 months of CCT/CESR or equivalent
• oEvidence of modular training in heart failure

Desirable

• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
• Other degrees, eg BSc, MSc MD

Audit
Essential

• Understand the principles of audit

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in audit projects

Research
Essential

• An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature

Desirable

• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Employer details
Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Tonbridge Rd

Tunbridge Wells

TN2 4QJ

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