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Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Transplant Cardiology
MT04
Main area: Transplant, Cardiology
Grade: MT04
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (1 in 5 on-call)
Job ref: 349-WTWA-7061317*
Site: Wythenshawe Hospital
Town: Wythenshawe
Salary: £61,825 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
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. 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 to develop unique skills and experience in order to pursue a career in cardiology.
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.
* Help with inpatient management on the wards through dedicated ward rounds, performing inpatient transthoracic echos, central line insertions, and coordinating the admission of assessment patients – both acutely unwell HF patients and chronic stable HF patients.
* During on calls, be responsible for dealing with inpatients on the transplant ward, including 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 and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and 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 and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and 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 and 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
* GMC Registration
* Membership to Royal College of Physicians
* General medical training, with exposure to Cardiology
* Able to work and communicate with a multidisciplinary team
* Experience in echocardiography
* Experience in cardiac catheterisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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