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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Fixed Term Consultant
Contract
12 months (fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
357-MLN-1646-24-A
Employer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum (pro-rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/02/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Fixed Term Consultant Cardiologist with SI in Cardiac Imaging

NHS Medical & Dental: Fixed Term Consultant

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 ULTH.

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 ULTH 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 ULTH 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

This is a whole time (10 Programmed activities) appointment as a Consultant Cardiologist with an interest in imaging for the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, based at The Lincolnshire Heart Centre. The post-holder is expected to contribute to the support the complex device implantation programme for the patients of Lincolnshire and complement the existing brady-pacing service in partnership with another consultant in cardiac devices who is also based at Lincoln. There is also the opportunity to undertake a day of electrophysiology sessions at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. There will be a requirement of the post-holder to deliver in-patient care on the Pilgrim Hospital site, Boston, currently on a 1 in 12 rotation (on-beds) see below for details. The post has no general medicine commitment. 

 

Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with Consultant colleagues

Main duties of the job

This is a new post to expand the cardiac Image service at ULHT supporting the development of the MRI service at Lincoln, expanding the MRI service at Grantham and cardiac CT provision via the development of a same-day Rapid Access Chest Pain / Cardiac CT pathway. An additional role in supporting the already well established echocardiography service is desirable.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest Trusts in the UK and provide a comprehensive range of health services to the local population.  With its open spaces and plenty of green countryside, Lincolnshire remains largely unspoiled with less hustle and bustle that grips so much of the rest of the county.  It remains a place where people can live and work in comfort.  Lincoln scores highly when it comes to education from nursery through to secondary school and has a growing university culture.  In your free time there are many places of interest to visit in Lincolnshire with motor racing at Cadwell Park, lakes for sailing, some of the best coarse fishing in the course and horse racing at Market Rasen, not to mention Lincoln Cathedral and Castle, and the food balance of traditional eateries throughout the county.

For more information on what it’s like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/

We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire

Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University

The facility includes:-

      • 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
      • Seminar space
      • Café and social learning space
      • Library, Science Library and Project Library
      • Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
      • The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

If you are considering making the move give us a call, we are more than happy to arrange a visit and show you what we have to offer.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
  • On GMC Specialist Register for Cardiology or within 6 months of CCT
Desirable criteria
  • MD or PhD

Knowledge/ Abilities/ Skills

Essential criteria
  • Substantial Experience of working in clinical cardiology in a UK setting
  • Evidence of comprehensive experience in complex device implantation
Desirable criteria
  • Additional subspecialty interest in heart failure or cardiac electrophysiology
  • Experience in devices at post CCT Fellowship level
  • HRUK accreditation or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Interest in teaching medical students, trainees and general practitioners
  • Experience of clinical audit
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team
  • Full driving licence
Desirable criteria
  • ALS provider

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research methodology
Desirable criteria
  • Interest in research

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Vinod Venugopal
Job title
Consultant Cardiologist & Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 573852
Additional information

Dr Richard Andrews

Consultant Cardiologist

Tel: (01522) 573800

[email protected] 

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