Main area Consultant in Cardiology – Valvular Heart Disease and Intervention Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Approximately an 60:40 split between St Thomas’ Hospital and The Royal Brompton Hospital respectively.) Job ref 196-CON1026
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum excl. London Zone Salary period Yearly Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Consultant in Cardiology – Valvular Heart Disease and Intervention
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Applications are invited for one post with an approximately 60:40 split between St Thomas’ Hospital and The Royal Brompton Hospital respectively. The post holder will be based predominantly at St Thomas’ Hospital, London (STH). The successful applicant will join the established valve intervention teams across the Trust to deliver both transcatheter valve intervention, including TAVI, and contribute to the coronary revascularisation programme. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust now boasts one of the largest TAVI programmes in Europe, undertaking more than 800 cases annually across three sites. The programme is rapidly developing with a specific emphasis on collaborative cross-site working and standardisation of care pathways. The post-holder will be expected to help further develop these pathways to increase capacity and quality of care, with an emphasis on building upon the established academic reputation. RBH and STH have a thriving coronary revascularisation programme, focusing on complex intervention and mechanical circulatory support and the successful applicant will be expected to join the interventional on-call rota at ST Thomas’ Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Applicants should have a good clinical and academic background in valvular and coronary intervention. This is a full time post (10 PAs), and it is anticipated that the appointee will work closely with the existing consultants to deliver the clinical service as a team.
You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold Licence to Practise and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
You may be required to work a shift pattern designed to provide cover for 24 hours a day or extended working day over a seven-day week. Your hours of work will be as detailed in your job plan and may be varied from time to time in accordance with the Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
* Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
* Higher degree (MD or PhD)
Clinical Experience
* Coronary and TAVI intervention expertise at senior level
* Broad experience of clinical cardiology
* TAVI and mitral/ tricuspid interventions
Clinical Skills
* Coronary and aortic structural intervention
Audit Management & IT
* Experience of audit and quality improvement
* IT skills, experience with common computer software packages
Research. Teaching skill & experience
* Established research record – publishes regularly; actively encourages juniors in research
* Teaching experience – students, junior colleagues
* Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate. Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority. Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets
Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
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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.
Name Gerry Carr-White Job title Deputy Medical Director Email address CardiovascularDMT@gstt.nhs.uk Telephone number 0207 188 7188 Additional information
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