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Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
357-MLN-411-24
Employer
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£55,329 - £63,152 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Cardiology Device Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

UNITED LINCOLSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Lincolnshire Heart Centre

POST CCT CLINICAL FELLOW IN HEART FAILURE AND COMPLEX DEVICES

Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow with an interest in Heart Failure and Complex Devices at the Lincolnshire Heart Centre, based at Lincoln County Hospital.

This post is for 12 months and will enable the successful applicant to consolidate their training with a year of specialist training in all aspects of simple and complex device implantations in a busy non-surgical tertiary referral centre. The post holder will also gain experience in the management of all forms of heart failure.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute NHS Trust which is responsible for a comprehensive range of healthcare services to a local population of 750,000 patients. Annually, over 450 devices are implanted at the centre including single or dual chamber ICDs, CRT-Ps and CRT-Ds. The department already performs tunnelling of LV leads and venoplasty in selected cases and the post holder will gain experience in these procedures. A program of subcutaneous ICDs and conduction system pacing is shortly to be commenced.

Main duties of the job

This post would be suitable for applicants with CCT in Cardiology who already have basic training in devices implantation, but wish to increase their experience and procedural numbers. Depending on their level of training, the post-holder would be expected to perform at least 200 solo or first-operator procedures in this year. There is no General Cardiology on-call commitment but there is an option of participating in a low-intensity non-interventional pan-Trust consultant rota if desired. It is expected that the post-holder will undertake one general cardiology/heart failure/arrhythmia clinic each week depending on the fellow’s interest.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Vinod Venugopal, Consultant Cardiologist, on 01522 597873.

Working for our organisation

What’s the hospital like?

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the new medical school, It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

If you want to make a difference and be part of something new and exciting then we would love to hear from you so, what are you waiting for?!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What’s in it for you??

So, apart from being part of a team that puts patients at the heart of everything we do, and seeing lives improved by the treatments we give, you’ll also get the following: 

    • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer.
    • Annual Leave:
    • Flexible working & career breaks: Helping you match work and home life – ask about reduced hours, compressed hours, flexible working, term-time only working, job sharing and unpaid leave.
    • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we’ll pay you weekly – ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
    • Relocation packages: If a relocation package is offered for the role, you could qualify for expenses of up to 25% of your starting salary.

And there’s more!!:

    • Family & Childcare including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston,  maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
    • Health & Wellbeing including mindfulness, counselling, mental health first aid, health check MOTs, physiotherapy, eye tests.
    • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research and GP speciality training programme.
    • Discounts & Salary Sacrifice including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics and wider wallet.
    • Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!!!

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • • MB BS or equivalent
  • • Level of MRCP or equivalent
  • • Registration with GMC
  • • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Cardiology

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • 4 years of Cardiology training with basic knowledge and practical experience of general cardiology, acute coronary care, and non-invasive imaging techniques
  • • Audit: Understands principles
  • • Audit: Evidence of participation or enthusiasm

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Advanced knowledge of cardiovascular disease, with specific interest in interventional cardiology
  • • Competence in diagnostic coronary angiography
  • • Experience of simple angioplasty procedures
  • • Management: Shows interest, enthusiasm or demonstrates ability
  • • Research: Understands principles, evidence of enthusiasm or participation, relevance of research undertaken

Other

Essential criteria
  • • Commitment to specialty
  • • Punctuality
  • • Commitment to learning
  • • Ability to organise own learning and time, and shows Initiative
  • • Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
  • • Good communication skills
  • • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • • Able to cope with stress and has leadership capabilities

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Vinod Venugopal
Job title
Consultant Cardiologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 597873
Additional information

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr David Morgan Consultant  Cardiologist, on 01522 512512 or Dr Martin Eisenberger Consultant Cardiologist

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