Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Subject to annual review)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-MS-1590-NP
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £37,068 - £57,570 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/08/2024
Employer heading
Cardiac Research Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Cardiac Research Fellow
Applications are invited for the position of Cardiac Research Fellow to join the Cardiac Research Department, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. The person appointed will work under the supervision of Professor Roxy Senior, Director of Cardiac Research. The department is embedded within the Cardiology department at Northwick Park and works alongside the clinical team.
Candidates must be medically-qualified and possess MRCP (or equivalent) and be registered with the GMC with a license to practice. It is a condition of this post that satisfactory Enhanced disclosure is obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This full time, fixed-term post will be offered as an initial contract period of 12 months, subject to annual review. The job vacancy will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
We welcome and actively encourage informal discussions and visits ahead of application. Please contact Emma Howard, Cardiac Research Business Manager, [email protected] and 0208 869 2548.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will receive the full support of the department to fulfil their training requirements and develop special interests. There will be the opportunity to develop specialist echocardiographic techniques, such as stress echo and MCE. However, there is not opportunity for Coronary Intervention or Devices and Pacing training in this post. There is specific training available for those seeking BSE Transthoracic and Stress echo accreditation.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will take a proactive and major role in the department’s commercial and non-commercial research, including recruitment of patients and responsibility for their clinical care throughout trials. The department conducts research involving all aspects of heart disease.
We hope this post will be attractive to candidates with a genuine passion for research who would be interested in following one of the following routes:
1. Candidates looking to develop their research skills. This may be, but is not limited to, candidates with cardiology experience but waiting to obtain their NTN.
2. Candidates looking to develop their research skills, also with an interest in learning how to perform, interpret and report stress echocardiography and myocardial perfusion images to a high standard. This role will support any candidate wanting to work towards BSE accreditation in stress echocardiography, however, candidates interested in stress echocardiography/myocardial perfusion imaging must be competent in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). BSE accreditation in TTE is not a requirement and candidates working towards TTE accreditation will also be supported in this role. Candidates interested in pursuing this route will be asked for perform a basic echo at interview.
3. Candidates looking to undertake their own original research project, up to the level of MD, under the supervision of Professor Roxy Senior. This may be, but is not limited to, candidates already with their NTN, looking to take a break to undertake a research project.
The Echocardiography Department at Northwick Park has been granted Centre of Excellence status in the UK for Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Stress Echocardiography, following a formal visit by the British Society of Echocardiography. It is one of the busiest departments in the country, performing ~ 8000 echocardiograms and 3000 stress echocardiograms annually. The department is also one of the few hospitals in the UK to host National Stress Echocardiography workshops throughout the year.
Our facilities include a new angiography suite, along with state-of-the-art echocardiography equipment, a dedicated 26 bed cardiac ward, 8 bed coronary care unit, heart failure unit and 8 bed day care unit for elective outpatient procedures. This post does not have any general medical on call commitments but we will work with the candidate to ensure that clinical skills are able to be maintained.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
- MRCP UK (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Accreditation in imaging (BSE/EACVI/ASE)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of core medical training
- Experience in Cardiology
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. prizes, awards, distinctions, presentations, publications, other achievements
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Management and audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
- Leadership skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
- IT skills and computer literacy
- Understanding and experience of audit
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or current study towards management qualification
- Evidence of service audit, design or change management
- Ability to organise research and work within research governance procedures
Research/publications
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of research methodology
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of research, including ethical issues
Desirable criteria
- Training in research methodology
- Publications in peer review journals
- Presentations to learned societies
- GCP training
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An enquiring and critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
- Patient Care: Commitment to deliver a high-quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice
Desirable criteria
- Finance: Knowledge of finance and budgets
- Thorough (well prepared, self-disciplined / committed, punctual, meets deadlines)
Language
Essential criteria
- Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Howard
- Job title
- Cardiac Research Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 869 2548
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