Locum Consultant Cardiologist

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a consultant in cardiology, offering a dynamic opportunity to lead and provide expert care within a well-regarded healthcare setting. Located in High Wycombe, you will manage diverse cardiac cases, partake in educational initiatives, and contribute to clinical governance, all while ensuring high standards of patient care in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration with the GMC or eligibility within six months.
• Sufficient experience to achieve higher accreditation.
• Experience in CMR and CT (L3 at least one modality) and general cardiology.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support for the department in imaging and echocardiography.
• Manage outpatients, see 10 new patients per clinic and participate in the on-call rota.
• Engage in teaching and training for junior staff.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Cardiology

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The cardiology department is based predominantly at Wycombe Hospital, but also provides a service at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, together with in reach to general medical and surgical inpatients with secondary cardiac problems. At Wycombe Hospital we have a 22 bedded coronary care unit, and an 8 bedded Cardiac and Stroke Receiving Unit with a further 4 bedded escalation area. The non-invasive physiology services consist of an investigations unit, performing ambulatory ECG’s, Alivecor, exercise tests, ambulatory BP, tilt table and device interrogation (ILR, brady and complex). Non-invasive imaging services consist of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, including 3D echo, CT coronary angiography and Cardiac Magnetic resonance imaging. The invasive services, provided via two cardiac catheter laboratories, include invasive coronary angiography, and percutaneous cardiovascular interventions, including primary angioplasty (0800-1800), pacing, loop recorders and complex device implantation. We also have an accredited cardiac rehabilitation unit.

Main duties of the job

· The consultant will be expected to provide support and leadership for the department in cross sectional imaging and support for echocardiography.

· The consultant will be expected to see 10 new patients per outpatient clinic initially including 3 hot slots.

· The consultant will be expected to participate in a consultant of the week rota

· The consultant will have educational duties including supporting resident doctors.

· The consultant will have electronic referral service duties (advice and guidance)

· The on-call rota is 1:8 with internal cover starting at 1800-0800. The expectation is that the consultant should be available to provide telephone advice and to return to the hospital within 40 minutes if required.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of cardiology patients.

· To share with colleagues the responsibilities for the day-to-day management of cardiology inpatients and outpatients.

· Teaching and training of junior staff

· To actively participate in both departmental and trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit

To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD)

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• MBBS or equivalent.
• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• MRCP
• If an applicant is UK trained, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Cardiology or have a proposed date of CCT within 6 months of the interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence equivalent to the UK CCT.

EXPERIENCE

• Sufficient to have achieved higher accreditation.
• CMR and CT (L3 at least one modality)
• TTE (BSE) and TOE
• General cardiology outpatient management.
• Acute cardiology (excluding primary PCI/complex intervention)

CLINICAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Thorough knowledge of specialty and ability to work at consultant level
• Has participated in audit
• Ability to take appropriate initiative in relation to all aspects of consultant role.
• Ability to manage own workload, time and supporting staff.

LEADING AND MANAGING

• Supervision of an imaging multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to the speciality.

COMMUNICATION AND INFLUENCING

• Good command of spoken and written English.
• Ability to communicate information effectively to colleagues and patients.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills

TEAM WORKING

• Evidence of and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Valid driving licence. Enhanced DBS check.
• Evidence of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.