Job overview

We can tailor this post to suit either

• senior trainees wanting specialist experience of advanced heart failure prior to applying for a consultant post, OR
• more junior doctors who have completed general medical training (or equivalent experience) and wish develop unique skills and experience in order to pursue a career in cardiology

This is a unique job which offers the experience of managing patients with cardiogenic shock, end staged chronic heart failure, heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices. 

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical assistance to the current team, with the main focus on supporting the heart program under the supervision of Dr Steve Shaw, Dr Jacqueline Hooper and Dr Paul Callan

You will attend the heart failure clinic with supervision of cardiopulmonary exercise tests, the transplant outpatient clinic, VAD outpatient clinic, and the catheter lab for invasive haemodynamic assessments. 

ou will be required to help with inpatient management on the wards through dedicated ward rounds, performing inpatient transthoracic echos, central line insertions, coordinating the admission of assessment patients – both acutely unwell HF patients and chronic stable HF patients. 

During on calls you will be responsible for dealing with inpatients on the transplant ward and this will include lung transplant patients as we run a cross cover service out of hours.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.