Locum Consultant in Cardiology

NHS; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Locum Consultant to join their Cardiology team. The role involves covering clinics and managing ward rounds at their new hospital. Candidates should have a CCT or equivalent and be capable of managing cardiology on-call independently. A focus on collaboration with existing consultants and contributing to the implementation of clinical pathways is essential. This locum position offers a year-long contract with opportunities to engage in all facets of Cardiology including imaging and intervention.

Benefits

Opportunities for teaching and research

Collaborative working environment

Commitment to employee development

Qualifications

• Candidates must have CCT or equivalent in Cardiology.
• Experience in managing acute cardiac emergencies required.
• Experience teaching clinical skills is essential.

Responsibilities

• Cover clinics for Rapid Access Chest Pain patients.
• Manage both ward rounds and administration duties.
• Lead and develop clinical pathways with existing teams.

Skills

Ability to manage Cardiology on-call independently

Experience with cardiac emergencies

Teaching clinical skills

Education

oMRCP (UK) or equivalent

Entry on Specialist Register in cardiology

Higher Degree

Interventional Fellowship

Tools

Labyrinth IT system

Change Healthcare@ system

Job description

We are seeking to recruit an innovative and progressive Locum Consultant to join our Cardiology team. The appointee will cover our new hospital Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) during the on call with outpatient clinics at City Health Campus. Birmingham and/or Sandwell Health Campus.

Applications are welcomed from candidates with CCT (or equivalent) with an interest in a subspecialty (especially imaging and Interventional Cardiology) who are on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register in Cardiology or who will be within six months of obtaining their CCT at the time of interview. In addition, applicants should demonstrate within their application that they are fully trained in general Cardiology, can manage Cardiology oncall independently.

This job is a locum job for a period a 1 year. 1 post for Imaging, 2 posts Interventional Cardiology.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will also cover clinics (mostly Rapid Access Chest Pain patients), ward rounds and administration duties and also have flexible cardiac catheter laboratory cover. The post will initially be based primarily at MMUH for ward rounds and oncalls.

The Trust has reconfigured its services in preparation for the implementation of the Right Care Right Here Programme and the post-holder therefore is required have outpatient work continuing on at least one of the other sites.

The appointee will take equal responsibility with existing Consultants for the proper functioning of the clinical service, working with clinical and managerial colleagues towards achieving and maintaining national maximum waiting times and developing clinical pathways.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Job responsibilities

Dr Vinoda Sharma is currently Specialty Lead for Cardiology; Dr Stavros Apostolakis is the Clinical Director for Admitted Care, of which Cardiology forms a part; Dr Chetan Varma (also a consultant cardiologist) is the Group Director for Medicine and Emergency Care. MMUH has Medical Admission Units adjacent to the Emergency Departments. The Trust runs a ward-based system for general medical patients.

Cardiology day time duties

The cardiology consultants provide a seven day service for cardiology patients at MMUH. The Consultant Cardiologist of the Week (non-Interventionist) carries out a ward round on the Cardiology A2 ward every day, supported by junior staff. MMUH Acute Medical Unit (AMU) Ward Rounds are covered by Interventional Cardiologists in the morning. MMUH Cardiology Ward (A2) Rounds are covered by Non-Interventional Cardiologists (all-day). On the MMUH AMU, there is a daily consultant ward round on the acute medical unit (after initial assessment by the RMO and medical on-take team) in which patients needing prolonged specialist cardiac or catheter lab management are transferred the Cardiology A2 ward. All the patients requiring cardiology management are reviewed by the cardiology team with daily ward rounds on the cardiology wards, acute medical unit and ward referrals. All suspected acute coronary syndrome patients will be seen, as well as those with significant arrhythmias and those with heart failure.

Out-patient Clinics at Sandwell and City Health Campus.

At Sandwell the out-patient department is directly adjacent to the cardiology department and therefore access to exercise testing, echocardiography and rhythm management facilities. At City, the Birmingham Treatment Centre also provides out-patient facilities adjacent to the Cardiology Department. The appointee would have regular cardiology clinics per week. There may be a requirement for the appointee to do outpatient work outside the hospital in line with the Right Care Right Here programme. At present there were a total of about 18000 outpatient attendances per year in the cardiology Dept. Modern IT systems (UNITY) support delivery of service to improve rapid turnover and communication with primary care and all our patient records are electronic.

Cardiac Catheterisation and Intervention

MMUH is equipped with state of the art Siemens Artis Icono Biplane catheter labs adjacent to each other with plans to install a third catheter lab in the provided space. Cath lab coordination is supported using the dedicated Labyrinth IT system and dedicated nurse Cath Lab Coordinator. One cath lab runs routinely from 8am-6pm and Saturday mornings from 9am -12pm, with the second lab running 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Cath labs run mixed lists of acute and elective patients. Angiograms are supported using the Change Healthcare@ system, images being visible on any PC within the Trust at any time by the cardiology team as well as Cath reports and BCIS returns.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
• o Entry on the Specialist Register in cardiology (or entry expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
• oHigher Degree
• oInterventional Fellowship

Clinical Experience:

• oClinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in cardiology
• o Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute cardiac emergencies
• o Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
• oSpecial interest that complements the existing consultants (e.g. structural intervention, CTCA etc.)

Management and Administrative Experience:

• oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• o Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures.
• o Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.

Clinical Effectiveness

• oExperience of conducting clinical audit

Teaching and Training experience:

• oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
• oFormal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:

• oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• oAn awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives and issues.
• oKnowledge and experience of the application of information technology to cardiology
• oPublications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
• oEvidence of having undertaken original research

Other Requirements:

• oFull GMC Registration
• oAn understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Specialty Lead & Consultant in Cardiology