Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- YC73
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 360-A-5776
- Employer
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals - Watford General Hospital
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 London Fringe - £149 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Cardiologist in Acute Cardiology and Heart Failure
YC73
Job overview
Applicants are invited to join our dynamic Cardiology team and apply for the post of Consultant Cardiologist at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (WHTHT). The successful candidate will be expected to work within the Acute Assessment Unit and surrounding wards including ED. Also applicants should have an interest in heart failure and Imaging. The successful candidate will work in partnership with our team of specialist nurses and consultants as well as supporting our subspecialty departments.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work with the Cardiology consultant body to provide a highly effective Cardiology service for patients, stakeholders and colleagues.
To support the increasing workload in Cardiology with emphasis on Acute Cardiology and work closely with specialist nurses and other consultants within Heart Failure service.
The post holder will work as part of the West Hertfordshire cardiology department team, liaising closely with our colleagues in The Emergency Department and Acute medicine. The successful applicant will maintain the capacity for cardiac clinics. There is currently no commitment to the cardiology wards nor to General Medicine oncall.
Working for our organisation
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There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are planned as part of the New Hospital Programme. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.
The trust has recently gained ‘teaching hospital’ status which reflects the dedicated work of many teams and individuals who have set the standard for delivering high quality training, learning and education at all levels of the workforce.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant for this clinical post will be mainly based at WGH. They will work with the cardiology consultant body to provide a highly effective cardiology service for patients, local general medical practitioners, and hospital colleagues. In-patient cardiology services are based on the acute site at Watford General Hospital. Patients with a primary cardiology condition are admitted under the direct care of the Cardiology team. The appointee will be expected to work independently and closely with colleagues in the Acute Assessment Unit, Emergency Department and Ambulatory care to support and further develop the frontline service within the Trust. It is anticipated that the post holder will additionally offer out-patient “hot” clinics during the week to support early discharges/urgent referrals. One of these clinics may be posted at Hemel Hempstead as one of our satellite clinics.
The post includes dedicated time to contribute towards frontline care., including AAU and Emergency Department post take/ward rounds as well as help cover our Virtual Heart Failure ward. Time will also be given to triage A&E discharges into clinics by the electronic Urgent Care Review initiative (currently under development). The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to this developing project and in line with the cardiology GIRFT recommendations this may entail participation in an emergency on-call rota, tbc.
There is also dedicated time to subspecialty interest. Heart Failure and imaging are preferred but depending on the candidate’s needs and skillset we would be willing to consider supporting other interests
Person specification
Your application will be scored against the PS
Essential criteria
- Please see attached JD
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
- Sarah Robertson
- Job title
- Assistant Divisional Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07740189674
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