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Job summary

Main area
Medical and Dental
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
10 sessions per week
Job ref
434-CARDIODEVCONS
Employer
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wycombe Hospital
Town
High Wycombe
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 PA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Consultant Cardiologist with an interest in complex devices

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

  • provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
  • nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
  • regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
  • deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer. 

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

 

Job overview

A full time (10 PA) post as a consultant cardiologist with a specialist
interested in complex implantable devices and imaging is available at
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The post will be based at Stoke
Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital.
The successful candidate will join a consultant workforce of other
substantive consultants and two visiting substantive consultants. The position comes with secretarial support.

Main duties of the job

The consultant will be expected to provide bradycardia pacing internal cover during working hours if required on non-lab days and device management advice to the physiology team.

The consultant will be expected to see patients in an outpatient clinic as well as wards.

The consultant will have educational duties including supporting the cardiac rehabilitation and virtual ward teams

The consultant will have electronic referral service duties (advice and guidance, triage)

The on-call rota is 1:8 with internal cover starting at 1800-0800. The expectation is that the consultant should be available to provide telephone advice and to return to the hospital within 40 minutes if required.

At weekends on-call begins 1800 on Friday through to 0800 Monday. A full
cardiology ward round is expected on Saturday with morning review of any acute admissions on Sunday.

Working for our organisation

For further details on why Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a great place to work, please refer to our dedicated careers website on the link below:

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details on the job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the candidate information pack.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview
  • MCRP
  • If an applicant is UK trained, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or have a proposed date of CCT within 6 months of the interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence to the UK CCT

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Adheres to Trust CARE Values

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
Rodney De Palma
Job title
Consultant Cardiologist & SDU Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

via PA Leanne Baxter on 01494 425004

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