Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (10 sessions)
- Job ref
- 100-MED-PPH-101
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Philip Hospital
- Town
- Llanelli
- Salary
- £91,722 - £119,079 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Consultant in Cardiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Cardiologist to join the forward-thinking Cardiology Team at Prince Philip Hospital at a time when the Health Board is continuing its focus on driving forward its pioneering Cardiology Pathway Transformation Programme across West Wales.
As a member of a network of Cardiologists across the Health Board, this role will support the Cardiology services at Prince Philip hospital predominantly but may require some travel to and support of any of the other 3 acute sites. This appointment will complement the existing 11 substantive Cardiology Consultants in providing a high-quality Cardiology service to the population of Mid & West Wales.
This role will provide opportunities to develop a specialist interest to compliment the other Cardiology Consultants. Dependant on your sub-speciality area of interest, diagnostic and procedural sessions will be available either on-site or at another Health Board acute site including DSE, TOE, pacing, angiography, CT Coronary Angiography, Myocardial Perfusion Scanning and complex device follow-up.
Main duties of the job
This full-time position is an exciting opportunity to lead and innovate cardiology services. Modification of the job plan is flexible to suit you and content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Main Duties of the Job:
- Responsible for the care of cardiology inpatients
- Provision of cardiology speciality support to wider General Medical service
- Provision of cardiology support to hospital front-door and Same Day Emergency Care departments
- Delivery of cardiology sub-specialty diagnostics and/or interventional services
- Delivery of secondary care cardiology as a part of face to face and virtual outpatient care
- Providing proactive clinical leadership to the broader cardiology multi-disciplinary team
- Engaging with the Health Board’s wider Cardiology Pathway Transformation Programme developments and innovations
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
**Please note, this JD is currently with the Royal College and subject to approval**
Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy:
Hywel Dda in three Counties:
https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY
Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s
Site Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/Y4JGdD6EHjE
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- - Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- - On Specialist Register with GMC or CCT due ) within 6 months of interview date
- - Or CESR or equivalent European Qualifications for Specialist Registration
- - MRCP
- - Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
Desirable criteria
- - Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- - Broad based experience in General Adult Cardiology
- - Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
- - Knowledge and participation in CPD
- - Competence in Adult Clinical Cardiology
- - Able to apply knowledge
- - Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
- - Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
- - Meet the requirement of the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”
Desirable criteria
- - Experience of NHS
- - Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
- - Evidence of above average performance
- - Membership of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS)
- - Additional clinical qualification(s)
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- - Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- - Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- - Knowledge of risk management
- - Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
Research
Essential criteria
- - Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
Desirable criteria
- - Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
- - Research degree
Teaching
Essential criteria
- - Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
- - Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
Desirable criteria
- - Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
- - “Training the Trainers” experience
Management
Essential criteria
- - Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
- - Willingness to participate in clinical management
Desirable criteria
- - Evidence of management training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Thomas
- Job title
- Service Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919 896904
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