Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 381-ME-6785664
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Cardiology - Coronary Intervention
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN CARDIOLOGY with an interest in coronary intervention
We are seeking to recruit an innovative and progressive Locum Consultant with an interest in Interventional Cardiology to join our Cardiology team. The appointee will cover our new hospital Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) during the on call with outpatient clinics at City hospital Birmingham and/or Sandwell General Hospital. Applications are welcomed from candidates with CCT (or equivalent) with an interest in Coronary Intervention who are on the General Medical Council’s Specialist Register in Cardiology or who will be within six months of obtaining their CCT at the time of interview. In addition, applicants should demonstrate within their application that they are fully trained in general Cardiology, can manage Primary PCI oncall and can perform PCI independently. This job is a locum job for a period of 12 months.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job:
The appointee will perform first class diagnostic angiography and coronary interventions for elective outpatient cases, urgent inpatients (acute coronary syndromes) and primary PCI for ST elevation MIs.
On-call for primary PCI and general cardiology 1 in 8 (with internal cover).
The appointee will also cover clinics (mostly Rapid Access Chest Pain patients), ward rounds and administration duties and also have flexible cardiac catheter laboratory cover. The post will initially be based primarily at MMUH for ward rounds and oncalls. The Trust has reconfigured its services in preparation for the implementation of the Right Care Right Here Programme and the post-holder therefore is required have outpatient work continuing on at least one of the other sites.
The appointee will take equal responsibility with existing Consultants for the proper functioning of the clinical service, working with clinical and managerial colleagues towards achieving and maintaining national maximum waiting times and developing clinical pathways.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There is a recognised Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) programme utilising a variety of modern techniques with access to the entire range of specialised equipment including CrossBossTM and Sting-RayTM. We also have a mature balloon mitral valvuloplasty programme and are looking to expand our structural intervention programme.
The single-site Acute Hospital (MMUH) benefits from co-located specialist services which will support the new Emergency Department with dedicated imaging facility and Assessment Units. It provides state-of-the-art treatment and care for patients from Sandwell and across the region and will become the civic heart of the area and a point of pride for the community.
The working week for a full-time consultant is comprised of 10 programmed activities (PAs) each of which has a nominal timetable value of 4 hours with 2.0 PAs for SPAs. Programmed activities that take place outside the hours of 7am and 7pm Monday and Friday or at weekends or on public holidays will have a timetable value of three hours rather than four. For this post direct clinical care (work relating directly to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness) includes a minimum of 2 fixed cardiac catheter laboratory sessions per week, emergency work (including whilst on-call), outpatient activities (minimum of 2 clinics per week), multi-disciplinary meetings about direct patient care, and administration directly related to the above. Supporting professional activities (that underpin direct clinical care), include participation in training, medical education, continuous professional development, formal teaching, audit, clinical management and local clinical governance activities.
For more information on the job role and responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description attached.
For an informal discussion, please contact:
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Dr. Chetan Varma, Consultant Cardiologist and Group Director for Medicine on 0121 507 5841, Email: [email protected]
Dr Vinoda Sharma, Consultant Cardiologist and Specialty Lead on 0121 507 5041 Email: [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications:
Essential criteria
- • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- • Entry on the Specialist Register in cardiology (or entry expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
Desirable criteria
- • Higher Degree
- • Interventional Fellowship
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria
- • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in cardiology
Desirable criteria
- • Special interest that complements the existing consultants (e.g. structural intervention, CTCA etc.)
Management and Administrative Experience:
Essential criteria
- • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential criteria
- • Experience of conducting clinical audit
Teaching and Training experience:
Essential criteria
- • Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
Desirable criteria
- • Formal training in teaching
Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:
Essential criteria
- • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- • An awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives and issues.
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to cardiology
- • Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
- • Evidence of having undertaken original research
Other Requirements:
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC Registration
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
- Dr Vinoda Sharma
- Job title
- Specialty Lead & Consultant Cardiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 507 5841
List jobs with Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust in Medical and Dental or all sectors