We are looking for Consultant Cardiologist specialising in inherited cardiac conditions (Heart Muscle disease) and genomic medicine.
The post will be appointed to the Barts Heart Centre, based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. The merger of three cardiac services into the new cardiovascular centre creates a new world-class institution that will provide state of the art cardiovascular care to a population of six million people. Under the leadership of the local academic health science network, UCL Partners, we are striving for excellence in academic and clinical domains, including the appointment of new clinical academics to ensure future excellence.
The Inherited Cardiovascular Disease service at Bart’s Health is the largest of its kind in Europe. The multidisciplinary team includes consultants with training in inherited cardiovascular disease and other sub-specialty interests. The group is fully integrated with the centre for heart muscle disease research at University College London and The William Harvey Heart Centre at Queen Mary University.
The applicant will join 8 full time consultants, and manage more than 10000 cardiomyopathy patient episodes/year. There will also be opportunity to be involved in research with clinical and basic scientists on the UCL and Queen Mary campus.
The post-holder will also support the General Cardiology teams at other Barts Health and sites by conducting weekend ward rounds by contributing to non-invasive imaging.
1. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
2. Leadership, development and organisation of the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts’ business plans. Liaison and communication with the Clinical Director and General Manager.
3. With the agreement of the Clinical Director and Clinical Academic Group Director, development of his/her own interests and sub-specialities within the specialty, in line with business planning principles and commissioners’ approval, including opportunity to participate in research programmes.
4. Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training.
5. To participate fully in the management of the department and to liaise closely with the Clinical Director, Service Manager, General Manager and Clinical Academic Group Director.
6. The post holder may be required to carry out other duties in emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week, approximately 8 PAs (direct clinical care) per week and 2 SPAs (supporting) when averaged through the year.
This is an outline program, and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including personal and professional objectives with Dr Neha Sekhri, (clinical lead for ICC at Barts Health NHS Trust) and Dr Bejal Pandya (Clinical Director for Specialised Cardiology and Outpatients) within 3 months of their start date.
The post-holder will work within the Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Unit at Barts Heart Centre to provide expert care to this expanding population of patients. The applicant will join the 7 full time consultants who manage more than 10000 heart muscle disease patient episodes/year. He/she will be expected to be an expert in cardiomyopathy and be able diagnose, risk stratify and manage patients with a variety of heart muscle diseases.
The Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Unit are supported by 6 Patient Pathway Coordinators, one of which would be dedicated to the post-holder to support from a secretarial perspective.
This advert closes on Sunday 24 Nov 2024