Consultant Cardiologist

Job overview

This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for stroke and TIA patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Princess Royal University Hospital and the proposed Job Plan is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the post holder commencing in post.

There is a regular weekday daytime and evening stroke on-call commitment, 1:6 weekend daytime on call rota. There is additional out of hours on call work (1 in 12 night time on call cross-site - classed as Category A). There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

1. The provision of a first-class clinical service

2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy , published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:

1. Brilliant People
2. Outstanding care
3. Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
4. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group
• Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure
• Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s)
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained
• Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene
• Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety
• King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues

Person specification

Qualifications & Higher Education

Essential criteria

• Registerable medical qualification
• Full MRCP

Desirable criteria

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration & Interview Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide experience in all aspects of Stroke and an appropriate linked specialty such as Geriatric medicine or Neurology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC, or equivalent
• Specialist fellowship or other training in Stroke

Desirable criteria

• Experience of successful working at the interface between the specialties of Stroke and other medical specialties

Administration

Essential criteria

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Stroke services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable criteria

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable criteria

• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential criteria

• Experience of clinical research
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Desirable criteria

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of stroke medicine

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable criteria

• Teaching skills course/qualification

Job specific criteria

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience in management of hyperacute stroke patients including the use of reperfusion therapies, both in standard and extended treatment windows.

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