Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Fellow

The post-holder will be responsible to the Clinical Lead of the Transplant Unit and accountable to the Medical Director when undertaking the following duties:

1.Delivery of patient care under Consultant supervision, seeking advice or assistance as required according to level of experience.

2.To read and abide by the standard operating procedures of the Transplant unit.

3.Completion of accurate records, such as patient notes and discharge summaries.

4.Attendance at clinics, catheter labs, ward rounds and clinical meetings.

5.Undertaking procedures which will be directly or indirectly supervised as appropriate for level of experience.

6.Participation in clinical audit and research

7.Participation in regular timetabled teaching of other junior medical staff, students and non-medical staff.

8.Participation in training activities, maintaining portfolio and personal development plan.

9.Attendance at mandatory training.

10.Compliance with the policies and procedures of the Trust.

11.Adherence to the working pattern of the specialty and participating in the monitoring of hours as required by the Trust.

12.Notify the appropriate consultant if unavailable to attend work

13.Booking annual leave in accordance with the departmental arrangements and policies of Trust

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Qualifications

Essential: - MBBS or equivalent; - MRCP or equivalent.

Desirable: - Specialist Registration in Cardiology.; - Higher degree, e.g., MD, PhD

Experience

Additional Criteria

Essential: - Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration