Interventional Cardiology Clinical Fellow ST8

post is designed to offer experience in the full range of coronary intervention

for a candidate near

completion of training. Exposure to the full range of elective, urgent and

emergency procedures full time for 12 months will serve to perfect techniques

and decision making in coronary intervention, intravascular ultrasound, OCT,

rotational and orbital atherectomy, bifurcation, LMS and CTO PCI.

During this dedicated interventional fellow post, the duties are care of the

patients in or coming to the cardiac catheter suite. Diagnostic and invasive

procedures under consultant supervision will include 8 cardiac catheter lab

sessions, 1 outpatient clinic and a dedicated administration and research

session. The Trust works closely with 3 surgical centres, and the post holder

will also prepare cases for and support weekly multi-disciplinary meetings and monthly

PCI M&M and case review sessions.

Further opportunities can be available

for cardiac imaging experience.

The post also offers the opportunity for involvement and responsibility for

recruitment to trials. The department are actively involved in interventional

cardiology trials run by four Cardiology Research Nurses. The post holder will

be expected to support the recruitment to current trials and have an interest

in undertaking clinical research.

Enquiries and informal visits can be arranged by contacting

Dr Routledge on h.routledge@nhs.net

job description, together with the Capabilities Framework, will be reviewed

annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on

behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the

areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to:

provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire

Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend

multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work

within multi-disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care. It is

anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patient's home. The Trust is seeking to

extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and rotas may be revised in

due course.

be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of

patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties.

provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care

and patient flow through the hospital.

attend Consultant ward rounds and triage ward

referrals.

prepare patients for planned treatment and procedures,

including post-operative care as required.

provide

consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and

Primary Care, including discharge summaries.

attend

multi-disciplinary meetings where requested, which may be cross county and cross site.

collaborate

with colleagues to deliver a high

quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trust's and departmental objectives.

provide

professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff,

carrying out teaching, assessment and accreditation duties as required and

contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as

appropriate.

participate

in the middle grade on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours,

to be shared equally with colleagues in post.

if

undertaking non-resident on-call duties, attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. You

must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of

their medical and nursing team.

participate

in clinical audit as part of quality improvement activity under local

arrangements.

commit

to taking part in annual appraisal process which will be undertaken by a trust

approved appraiser.

be

responsible for compliance with personal continuing professional development

requirements with the support of the Trust. It is mandatory for all Specialists

to keep up to date with evidence based practice.

be

responsible for maintaining awareness of & acting in accordance with

professional guidelines such as Duties of a Doctor, Good Medical Practice,

& the GMC Performance Procedures.

will join the middle grade rota within the clinical department which will

include participating in the on-call shift pattern to provide 24/7 services.You

will be provided opportunities to join weekly specialist out-patient clinics

and assist the Consultant or registrars with relevant procedures with a view to

becoming an independent operator, maintaining a training portfolio (and logbook

of procedures where applicable).

these posts are not training posts, they are structured to provide a

portfolio-based Postgraduate Training Programme similar to the national

training programme model. The Trust is committed to providing the medical

training content.

successful candidates will be welcomed to join the weekly teaching sessions and

Grand Rounds/Journal Clubs, and participate in audit projects (at least one

audit every 6 months). In-house training will be provided for PACES/membership

of royal colleges examinations, and study leave will be available to help

candidates prepare for the examinations. At the end of the post a Certificate

of Postgraduate Training will be available.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Qualifications

Essential: - MBBS or equivalent; - MRCP (full); - ALS provider; - Eligible for full GMC registration with Licence to Practise at the time of appointment

Desirable: - Completion of specialist training and entry onto GMC specialist register in Cardiology.

Other requirements

Management and administrative experience

Desirable: - Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Personal attributes

Desirable: - Evidence of innovation; - Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.; - Evidence of continuous professional development.

Research experience

Essential: - Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.; - An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.

Desirable: - Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.; - Evidence of having undertaken original research.

Experience

Teaching experience

Desirable: - Critical appraisal skills.; - Ability to supervise postgraduate research