Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job Description
Cardiology is the largest department within the Medicine Care Group employing 160 personnel with an annual budget of £14 million. Cardiology is led by a Clinical Director, Business Service Manager, Matron and Principal Physiologist supported by the Care Group Director, General Manager and Head of Nursing who are in turn supported by a Divisional Director, Divisional Operations Director and Divisional Nurse Director. The department consists of a 50 bedded purpose built cardiology unit with 3 cardiac catheterisation laboratories, a 12 bedded CCU, 5 echo rooms, a 14-bed day ward, a TOE and stress-echo room as well as a dedicated cardiology out-patient suite.
The consultant team is supported by 10 SpRs, who provide 24/7 middle grade cover, and 1 specialty doctor. We have 10 junior doctors across grades FY1 – CMT2. The medical staff are supported by a Physicians Associate and teams of Clinician Assistants, hospital based Heart Failure Nurse Specialists, Arrhythmia Nurse Specialists and Cardiac Rehab Nurse Specialists. There is a comprehensive team of cardiac physiologists with national specialist accreditation (BSE or Heart Rhythm UK) who independently run pacemaker and echo clinics as well as supporting all laboratory activities. In addition, there are student physiologists and cardiographers who provide resting and ambulatory ECG services as well as a team of fully trained EP cardiac physiologists.
Heart Failure Service
The heart failure service is delivered by five consultants (Professor Paul Kalra, Dr Geraint Morton, Dr Kaushik Guha, Dr Helena Bolam and Dr Kokhoon Tay), 1 heart failure fellow, 1 specialty doctor, 5.5 WTE Trust based heart failure nurse specialists (HFNS), 1 WTE band 3 and 1.8 WTE administrators. There are 12 WTE community based HFNS (employed by Solent and Southern NHS Trusts). Extensive collaboration between the Trust, community providers and local commissioning groups has permitted the development of a seamless heart failure service, spanning primary and secondary care. The successful candidate will contribute to all aspects of the service, including with supporting rapid access heart failure reviews, the ambulatory heart failure service and the HFNS.
Qualifications
Essential
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* MRCP
Desirable
* BsC, MD or PhD
* Higher professional training in Cardiology
Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.