Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart Failure

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals offer an exciting opportunity for a Fellowship in Heart Failure. This post is suitable for someone who wishes to obtain advanced training in Cardiology. The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to both the inpatient and outpatient care of patients, on a full time basis, as part of a multidisciplinary team. The post will run for 6 months with the possibility for extension.

Main Duties of the Job

Depending on the candidate's preferences, there will also be opportunities for experience in advanced imaging (cardiac MRI and CT, advanced echo and nuclear imaging). If suitably trained, the candidate will be offered the option to join the general cardiology SpR on call rota alongside 15 other SpRs.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Job Responsibilities

There will be additional responsibilities in assisting in the provision of inpatient and outpatient care for our heart failure patients. The post-holder will take part in relevant outpatient clinics per week with appropriate consultant supervision and support. The post-holder will contribute to looking after patients on the wards and seeing referrals. Alternatively, this time could be used for the development of an audit or research project. Other roles may be required or developed as appropriate to the post-holder and clinical service. This is envisaged as an excellent opportunity to gain experience that will assist in furthering a career in heart failure, either towards a subsequent application for a consultant post in cardiology with special interests in heart failure or for applications for SpR training.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• MRCP completed or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT

Clinical Experience Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit

Research

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Experience of clinical research

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate teaching
• Experience in teaching echocardiography
• Experience in postgraduate teaching

Management

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Management training
• Evidence of participation in the development of clinical services

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.